Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Nick Cohen is surely right that we should send in the bombers to Burma. All the pious hand-wringing is worthless in the face of Burmese intransigence. The West has the military capability to arrange airdrops of medical supplies and food. We did something similar when the Communists tried to starve Western Berlin. Perhaps the Luftwaffe and the airforces of some of the less robust European states could...
Martin Kelly (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
In yesterday's 'Observer', Nick Cohen was blasting off that 'We must not shrink from our moral obligation to Burma' . In today's 'Times', it's Rosemary Righter blasting off that Burma's crisis is a 'test of the UN's moral authority' . The United Nations' track record shows it to be a profoundly amoral body; attempts to invest it with some kind of 'moral authority' flow from the same flawed thinking...
Camden Kiwi (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
I have a poster of Aung San Suu Kyi in my hallway, given to me by a friend who has spent a lot of time working with Burmese refugees on the Thai border. She is an inspiration, a symbol of perseverance against the most intractable of obstacles. It's taken me a week to decide [...]
Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Guess who: At the time of writing, however, Whitehall is pooh-poohing all practical suggestions. Human rights activists from the Burma Campaign echo Aung San Suu Ki and call for foreign troops to escort aid workers into the stricken areas. They...
