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anya · 05-10-2008, 08:39 AM

I was wrong about anything quieting down in the news. It's still top of the news here despite the situation in the Lebanon.

People are now questioning why China does not put some pressure onto Burma to let people in, explaining to them why this is absolutely necessary.

People are still saying planes should just go in and drop supplies to the people, even though this would not solve need for medical help and prevention of disease....

and in an interview on BBC News24 people were discussing that if all the countries agreed it would probably only take a matter of hours to get rid of the regime in Burma and get on with the job of saving lives. The hope was that if that was suggested seriously to Burma, as a consequence to it if it refused to allow people in to help it's people, then they would probably agree without the need for force.

I should stress that this was just these people talking not Politicians or the UN whose stance has always been to try and take it gently and not frighten the regime at all.

But time is runing out.

05-10-2008, 08:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
anya Knight Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 579 Country: Country:	I was wrong about anything quieting down in the news. It's still top of the news here despite the situation in the Lebanon. People are now questioning why China does not put some pressure onto Burma to let people in, explaining to them why this is absolutely necessary. People are still saying planes should just go in and drop supplies to the people, even though this would not solve need for medical help and prevention of disease.... and in an interview on BBC News24 people were discussing that if all the countries agreed it would probably only take a matter of hours to get rid of the regime in Burma and get on with the job of saving lives. The hope was that if that was suggested seriously to Burma, as a consequence to it if it refused to allow people in to help it's people, then they would probably agree without the need for force. I should stress that this was just these people talking not Politicians or the UN whose stance has always been to try and take it gently and not frighten the regime at all. But time is runing out. Last edited by anya; 05-10-2008 at 09:13 AM.