No, you are having a disagreement with yourself.
You said it was your theory and you sugested irritating the neighboring countries and building airstrips and using force…in your theory. I said your theory is poorly thought out that would have severe unintended consequences. You have offered nothing other than those actions as possible considerations. What would convince you to do those things you suggested? What is keeping you from making a decision?
Well you’re the one implying that you have the right to invade other countries on the basis of it being in the “national interest of the United States” (I don’t live in Britain by the way)
Typical.
Then what has the national interest, which most commonly refers to a country’s economic goals, got to do with it?
Oh I agree Vern. We donate plenty of food and other aid to other countries. It’s mostly if not entirely their government’s fault that their people starve.
I stand corrected.
It means we have no business there.
Knowing absolutely nothing about Mayanmar, I would like to know the Mayanmar government’s side of the story.
If you go to myanmar.gov.mm/ and click on the link titled “home pages”, you will be taken to the site myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm/index.html
It’s my understanding that most repressive regimes frown at letting others inside for a number of reasons one of which is fear that it will turn into a take over and deposing of their leadership. Secondly they do not wish their people to be enlightened as to what is going on in the outside world. These people generally are kept in ignorance as to world events and how the majority of the world lives for obvious reasons.
If you’re making the initial assault in landing craft, jump off the side of the ramp, not the end. If the surf lifts the stern of the landing craft, the ramp will hit the backs of your legs and the boat may run over you.
You seem to be as free wheeling with other peoples lives as you are with other peoples resources and if ‘they don’t get out of the way or assist’ our presence in the region we will be about as helpfull as it is in Iraq right now. Are you running for President too?
I don’t want to invade. What makes you think the U.S has any business in Iraq?
The fact that under treaty obligations we defended Kuwait, were signatories to and guarentors of the truce following the ejection of the Iraqis from that nation, and that Saddam violated the terms of that truce repeatedly.
I think it would be a good cause to use force to deliver aid. But with China officially opposed would it do more harm than good? Could it start a world war, if China felt their sphere of influence was being invaded? Would it take too long to organize the military for the invasion?
It was very complicated, and remains so. Somalia was (and still is) a failed state - its government too weak to control the country. Rival warlords controlled the country back then, and the US stepped into the middle of the mess. I’m not advocating force in Burma, but the situation is a bit different since Burma’s central government thoroughly controls the population.
China had a good deal of success getting aid into Burma, before its earthquake. I’m not sure how much Chinese aid is going to Burma now, but I think it is understandable if China was more focused on its own disaster.
That was not the premis for the invasion and ‘regime change’