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		<title>Myanmar, Why Are We Sending Aid?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that sounds callous and uncaring, but I&#8217;m not. I feel for those in need in Burma Myanmar, I do. But what irks me, and I&#8217;m sure a lot of other people, is that in their time of need they won&#8217;t let Western aid workers in to help. These are people who have a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know that sounds callous and uncaring, but I&#8217;m not. I feel for those in need in <del datetime="2008-05-09T15:26:19+00:00">Burma</del> <strong>Myanmar</strong>, I do. But what irks me, and I&#8217;m sure a lot of other people, is that in their time of need they won&#8217;t let Western aid workers in to help. These are people who have a lot of experience and can really make a difference between say, 20,000 dead and ultimately perhaps 100,000 dead.</p>
<p>Really though, I get angry when I see that the <strong>Myanmar</strong> authorities have <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/myanmar/index.html">impounded our aid</a>, refused access to our aid workers, and then have the gall to show generals giving out food packets to one or two people, like that would help! We&#8217;re talking hundreds of thousands in trouble and in need, one or two old generals walking around handing out rice isn&#8217;t going to do much is it?</p>
<p>I bet they&#8217;ve even re-packaged our aid so it has the military stamp on it, like it came from them.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s why I say to myself, why are we helping them? What good would it do? Even <strong>Iran</strong>, a supposedly intractable enemy let aid workers in when that massive earthquake hit a few years back. <strong>Korea</strong> accepts aid and doesn&#8217;t care who from. What&#8217;s so special about <strong>Myanmar</strong>?</p>
<p>New news &#8211; <a href="http://noisyroom.net/blog/2008/05/09/un-halts-aid-to-myanmar-after-junta-seizes-supplies/">UN has halted food shipments to Myanmar</a>.</p>
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