different view

Below is excerpt from TODAY Paper today
The resilience of people, along with skills of Myanmar citizen working for local and international humannitarian agencies - proved to be the most critical survival weapons. Second waved of post cyclone casualties did not take place. It appears to have put much effort into helping villagers rebuild their lives. Build 111 wooden house at a cost of about 1000$ each (by companies which are close allies of Junta offcial. They were ordered by Junta to build FIRST with their own cost , PAY LATER, )

Below is excerpt from Straight Time Paper today
Junta cyclone recovery efforts lauded.
Asean and UN official are impressed by Myanma gov efforts to help its people recover from Cyclone Nagris. There is a lot to be done.Sense of Recovery and return to some form of normalcy.

Nation development

MM Lee Kuan Yew , at East Asia Summit Conference on Liveable Cities held in Singapore on 25 June, 2008, said a country need three elements to succeed
1. A government that people have confidence
2. Leaders who are above board who can made decisions based on necessity, not how will personally benefit
3. Able men in charge.
Our beloved nation is far far away to come out from LDC status with the present Junta leaders who are not fit in with MM LK Yee yard stick.

Nagris death toll by SPDC

Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Burma said Tuesday that 84,500 people perished in last month's cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77,700 had died in the devastating storm.Meanwhile, a representative from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the regional bloc that includes Burma, said a recent assessment tour found the needs of the storm's survivors were being met(I could not believe this staement).Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu said in a speech that the official death toll now stood at 84,537 dead, with 53,836 still missing. The update was the first since May 17, when officials said 77,738 had died and 55,917 were missing.The increased total represents victims of the storm itself rather then any new casualties due to disease or starvation in the cyclone's aftermath, he said, stating that the assessment found no such post-cyclone deaths."On the part of the government, there have been less and less requests for emergency assistance coming from communities and local authorities(not from victims, please note,. Aljazeera news reported just 10 hours ago that Food aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar will run out in less than three weeks unless more international donations are allowed to come through)

Arguing with Dean of Lee Kuan School of Public Policy

I would like refer to an article " Myanmar: Dealing with complexity by Kishore Mahbubani in The Straight Times. on June 18, 2008

1. I would like to discuss his comment "20 years of sanctions imposed by the USand the EU on Myanmar have not succeeded, indeed the miliatry regime in Myanmar remainss as stronger as ever." The writer point out only the failure. He did not point out the cause of failure. The failure is due to lack of support from neighbouring countries, India, China, Thailand and Singapore. All this countries are exploiting Burma's resources while US and EU are shun away trading with Burma. They are practising like professional gambler playing poker at the death man house. If this ASEAN , China and India did support sanction, it is certian that the military regime will be fall down. If this countries did not trade with Burma, it is quite certain that there will be shortage of commodities and uprising will occur and Junta will be toppled. some may argue that there will be bloodshed if this situation arise. Of course, there is no success without sacrifice. Most of Burmese are eagerly to sacrifice to change the Junta.

2 Kishore Mahbubani point out that " Sanctions dont work, Engagement does." ASEAN has allowed Burma to be in ASEAN group since 1977. Has Burma change towards democracy? Has Burmese people human right record improve. Has Burmese peoples living standard improve? Has Burmese Junta softer? In 2008, 10 years after Burma beame ASEAN member, MM Mr Lee Kuan Yew mentioned that he could not understand how the generals could believe that they could let Burma remain isolated. Is this the success of engagement policy.

3. There is a qustioned by the author . Would Myanmar be better of today if it had been invaded in Operation Myanmar Freedom? Who would have been responsible for cleaning up the mess if the invading forces left before the country had been stabilized.
Burma current situation is quite different with Iraq and Yugoslavia. Could not compare with them. We have national leader, Daw Aung San Su Kyi, who could united people from all races. We dont have religious differences like Iraq and Yugoslavia, where Shiite and Sunnni, Chritian and Muslim etc. They dont have national leader like Burma. Moreover majority of Burmese are expecting a forces that would topple Junta. Once the small numbers of miliatry leaders have been detained by invading force, it is sure that all army will be join democratic forces. Most of the non Burmese do not understand the metality of Burmese. They think that after invading freedom, there will be much resistance like Iraq or Yugoslav. We, Burmese are prone to accept non violence ways because of Budhist teaching. All Burmese try to follow Buddhist five precept. Among the five precepts , abstain from killing is the mostly upheld. That why there is no sucide bombing and assisination attempt in Burmese politics.(only one -two assisination in Buremse history)

Presendential Candidate Obama on Burma

If the junta continues its failure to protect the dignity, health and well-being of the Burmese people, the international community must be prepared to work harder toward effective coordinated action, including but not limited to action through the United Nations Security Council.