Posted on 05/09/2008 5:23:37 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- Authorities in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar have seized United Nations aid intended for victims of the disaster, a move that "shuts down" future flights from the organization, according to a U.N. World Food Program official.
A child sleeps on the floor as cyclone-affected families shelter in a school in western Yangon.
1 of 3more photos » The organization, which insists on distributing its own relief supplies, said the seizure of two aircraft-loads of food, medcine and equipment, has already hit out at Myanmar's refusal to all access to foreign eis workers.
"This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims," said Tony Banbury, Asia director of the World Food Program.
Asked whether, the move would jeopardize future U.N. aid flights, he said, "absolutely, from our perspective, it shuts them down."
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Gosh, I am really torn in my response to this ongoing idea that the United States of America is the only country on earth that can save/help/rescue or respond to emergencies. We're expected to be Rescue Angels one minute and the Great Satan the next. We are a little busy right now dealing with talibans and nation building. One would think that the rest of the world could deal with a tinpan dictatorship murdering its' own people in a country the size of Texas!
That country has been in slash and trash mode for years now......lots of black ops out of Thailand trying too overthrow that dictatorship.......baby step progress.
Obama wants change too. But, he wants us to change to be more like Myanmar.
“Since we are fighting a war in two countries, can the other 200 worthless countries in the UN(other than our active allies)do someting?”
Yes, they can get together and complain that the US is not helping enough.
Sounds eerily familiar to;
Wind Fall Profit's chief tax spokeswimmen in the US Congress "no longer had access" to the billions of dollars in shakedowns, and don't know where the freshly absconded corporate taxes, the joint UN/US administrators, or their husbands were.
Somebody ping Michelle Obama. Now THERE’S a country she can be proud of.
there are so many good ideas on these posts. I think the new conservative party should be called FREE REPUBLIC and headed up by some of our finest freepers.
I hope you know that my post was COMPLETELY sarcastic!
We’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t.. so we should always do the right thing and let the chips fall were they will.
I’m surprised the UN isn’t making deals with the Dictators to benefit themselves.
Hey, isn’t this how the Dems handled Katrina aid?
Can you say, "Romanian Term Limits?"
This is typical of countries that hoard international aid even when there is no disaster, letting their people starve. The thing that makes this worse is that because of the disaster, people who were probably able to scrape out a marginal existence can no longer do so and will most likely die because of it. Although I believe in helping others, I think that we should not provide aid (any type) if it is not going for the intended victims. Sorry to be so blunt, but if that is the case, aid not received won’t make a difference. People will still die because of their government keeping and hoarding food, medicine, etc.
Just wait one year and then look around your neighborhood.
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