Perhaps this will be it. Maybe a good thing to come out of this whole situation will be a weakening of the grip of authoritarian rulers in the area including the likes of the Tamil Tigers etc.
Problem with Burma is it isn't waiting for just one idiot to die like Cuba; Burma doesn't have one dictator, it has this sort of faceless ruling junta comprised of a bunch of generals.
The Tamil Tigers were infact losing their cohesiveness with lots of internal wrangling & the peace process in full swing,backed by India signing a defence treaty with Sri Lanka.But the Tsunami may just prove to be the impetus to make them a threat again-there are plenty of reports on websites of how the Sri Lankan govt is trying to block much needed aid from going to the area.I don't know how true it is,but having seen Chandrika Kumaratunga's obstinance,I won't be surprised if it is.If innocent people in Jaffna & elsewhere starve,it will be the gel that binds the tigers together.The only way to prevent it is for India & the US to put pressure on the Lankan government or for India to forcibly resupply those areas as it did in 1986.