Comments on: On Burma and How We Can Help

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:06:45 +0000

I’m interested to see how this all plays out. It’s shameful the way the government has been acting, but it’s not surprising. The people’s welfare has never been their concern. I’ve been reading reports about how the government/military is clearing the area where govt officials and other important people live without doing much of anything to help the majority of the people. At this point, it’s not about politics, and we should give money, supplies, and aid in whatever way we can, but you have to be a bit concerned about where all the money and supplies will end up if it’s being coordinated by their government rather than aid workers.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:05:51 +0000

Yeah, there is the electricity issue too Laura. Also, to be fair, we did refuse foreign aid when Katrina happened. Of course, we did have a few more resources at our disposal. With regard to the aid not getting in, I guess there’s not a lot of good information about whats going on there. I guess thats by design. I just can’t imagine that with the scope of this disaster the regime would keep denying foreign aid. But, I could be underestimating their evilness. Anyway, CNN is now saying there could already be over 100,000 dead. Just horrible.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:47:03 +0000

Even if everyone had TV’s it wouldn’t have done much good as much of the time they don’t have electricity with which to run them. Also, I heard that they’re simply not giving out visa’s (especially to Americans) as they don’t want a lot of foreigners coming into the country and they claim they don’t need aid in the form of people–they only want supplies. It’s sad when so many people in the world are willing to help, but the government refuses to accept it.