Most people are aware that Myanmar is not open to outside assistance of any kind, so isn't a waste of time and energy to send aid to them? I fully sympathize with the people who are living there who have no freedom and who have lost loved ones in the cyclone, but you just can't walk in somewhere like that and expect them to change their ways at the drop of a hat just to suit what you think is right because it's something you're not accustomed to.
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Not everyone agrees that the world should ignore governments that oppress the people.
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It will never be a wast of time and energy to send aid to a country in desperate need of help even though that country refuses help. Myanmar doesn't know it yet, but they will eventually realize their situation is much too dire to keep refusing aid. The question is, how many more people must die before they realize that?
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Because they need help. Better to believe rather than not.
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People are suffering and dying in their own filth and sewage. We have to make every attempt because they are human beings who did not ask for a militant regime governing them. No one deserves to suffer like that. And if the only way the junta will allow aid in is if they are the ones handing it out and therefore getting the credit from the people of Myanmar, so be it. Principle is never more important than human life.
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I thnk what will happen is most of these supples will find their way to a warehouse somewhere and supply the Army for many years to come. It's sad but what can ya do? My bet is that US Army Special Forces are there as we speak. They will train a resistance party so the people can fight for themselves. Any remaning supples will be destroyed by either SF or Rangers, I garuntee it! Theres no way the US will let their army use those releif supplies for personal gain.
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The alternative would be to just ignore the fact that our fellow human beings are in great distress and walk away.It is a far better thing to try to help even if that help is rebuffed. It is like giving to charity. Sometimes the money you give is not used properly. Nevertheless better to have given and tried to help than to have walked away and never atttempted to help. It is our duty to help our fellow man. We are all living on this planet together.
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Anything that gets donated is most probably going to be stolen by the military there anyway, not used for helping the people. It's terrible; but the impetus for change has got to come from the people of Myanmar themselves, not from outside.
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