I have been reporting on a daily basis the happenings in Burma since it was hit by Cyclone Nargis on May 3rd. Today is the 9th and the military junta that rules Myanmar is still not allowing aid into the country. They choose instead to tell people, “give us the aid and we will see that it is distributed.”
There is an editorial on the Burma (Myanmar) Blog site that compares this delay on the part of the Tatmadaw to Nero, who reportedly fiddled while Rome burned. There was political outrage when 31 monks were shot for protesting in the streets. There should be greater outrage when that same junta starves thousands of Burmese people and leaves thousands more susceptible to such diseases as cholera and typhoid.
REB
