| Cyclone victims must be left to die |
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| Written by The Nation | |
| Saturday, 14 June 2008 00:00 | |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why did the Burmese generals refuse desperately needed aid that was offered for the victims of Cyclone Nargis from American, British and French warships anchored just inside territorial waters off Rangoon? The Burmese generals would have gladly accepted the aid, from any source, simply because it would enrich them. They would take the aid and sell it to their relatives and closest associates, who would sell it at high prices to the victims or to anyone else willing to buy it. The dying cyclone victims would, in fact, see little of it. Representatives of the American military-industrial complex are in the pay of the Burmese generals. They enjoy the big bribes and kickbacks. Less than 17 years ago, American and French oil and gas companies enslaved tens of thousands of Burmese people to construct the Yadana gas pipeline in the same cruel and inhumane way that the Imperial Japanese Army enslaved Asians and Allied prisoners of war to build the Burma-Siam "Death Railway" in World War II. American business interests and stupid politicians like George W Bush are not concerned about the Burmese people or about human rights. They are interested only in money and power. Dick Fabius Holland, Michigan |
