Consider yourself blessed
May 6, 2008 at 6:44 am | In Asia, Natural Disasters, Persecution |IHT - Myanmar struggled Monday to recover from a cyclone that killed thousands of people, while its military leaders were moving ahead with a constitutional referendum on Saturday that would cement their grip on power. Foreign Minister Noppadol Pattama of Thailand met with Myanmar’s ambassador on Tuesday according to Reuters. Following the meeting, Noppadol said that 15,000 people had been killed and another 30,000 were still missing.
If those numbers are accurate, the death toll would be the highest from a natural disaster in Asia since the tsunami of December 2004, which devastated coastlines along Indonesia, Thailand and other parts of south Asia and claimed 181,000 lives. Tens of thousands of people were homeless after the cyclone, and food and water were running short.
“Stories get worse by the hour,” one Yangon resident, who did not want to be identified for fear of government retribution, said in an e-mail message. “No drinking water in many areas, still no power. Houses completely disappeared. Refugees scavenging for food in poorer areas. Roofing, building supplies, tools — all are scarce and prices skyrocketing on everything.”
Not only are they suffering at the hands of nature but they also have to deal with those Junta parasites. When you stop and think about their lot, we are truly blessed.
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MK, yes we are blessed. Those poor people. Not only do they have this devastation to deal with but they’ve got a second rate government which are too inefficient or apathetic to try to alleviate the destruction.
Comment by Aurora — May 6, 2008 #
They are afraid they will lose their power. They have had the true elected official in prison since 1991. The military powers are afraid of a takeover so they choose to let their people suffer to remain in power. Pathetic.
Comment by Angie — May 8, 2008 #