Posted on 06/21/2006 8:09:46 AM PDT by Gengis Khan
The Myanmarese news website 'Mizzima News' reported that Indian troops have moved into the Indo-Burmese border region of Moreh. India and Myanmar have had a very good military relationship with Myanmar helping India with tackling border insurgencies.
About 50 Indian military trucks believed to be carrying weapons crossed the border into Burma last Thursday, according to eyewitnesses.
"Five trucks full of soldiers followed the 50 trucks," a resident in Moreh said. The backs of the trucks were reportedly covered with plastic sheets. The Burmese embassy in India refused to comment on what the trucks were carrying.
Security was tightened in Moreh, an Indo-Burma border town, from April 24 to 26 in the lead up to a border-trade meeting in Dimapur, Nagaland on April 26.
Analysts suggest that this could be the precursor of Indian military operations against Anti-India insurgents who take refuge on the Burmese side of the border.
in the United States, technically the Southeast Asian eastern land neighbor to india is Burma. Myanmar was declared by the military junta that the United States doesn't recognize as being the legitimate government of Burma.
Expect a turnaround on this issue. The Chinese overlords of the Junta will not like this if this is true and the junta will do a volte-face on this. I have a bad feeling about working with such military regimes.
Having been educated in India, Aungsan SuuKyi is our best bet for this Country.
Agree. 100%.
We are supporting the wrong side.
Ping!
I too felt that way ,the autocratic rule of the junta must end and democracy should be restored if that is what the people wants.The plight of suu kyi is very sad and a concrete action must be taken soon to free her.
The "peoples" voice, such as in Nepal? Maoism is not the answer to autocracy. I hope that some day Burma has a proper government... but democracies are unpredictable!
Whats sauce for the goose is not always so for the gander!
News flash: Suu Kyi is not a Maoist.
& what exactly is predictable???A mass murdering or suave wacko (both are much the same).Bangladesh,while increasingly a quagmire has been a far managable proposition for India & the rest of the world than Paki-land.
One can't selectively promote Democracy where one fancies that the people are on one's side. I believe that if the actions of India or the USA hurt the interests of the majority of the people in a particular country, then they have every right to be angry with the perpetrator.
This is the reason we need democracies, not just to ensure that the democratic country's majority prosper, but also to ensure that we periodically check our behaviour and correct ourselves.
We may however pursue our nation's self interest at the end overriding concerns of such countries as is the case in Palestine. If a majority of the people want terrorists for leaders, then the rest of the world can shun them.
yes, it is the wrong side, but at times you have to make a deal with the devil. Let's face facts -- India was against the junta for a long time and there was (and is) no sign that the military junta regime is even weakening. also -- the junta was cosying up to China. Instead of letting the Chinese set up ports in Burma, India decides to dance with the devil. Not nice, but necessary.
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