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| US must engage Myanmar |
| 2010-02-12 |
| [Straits Times] SENATOR Jim Webb, who paid a rare visit to Myanmar last year, called on Thursday for the United States to keep engaging the military regime after it handed a three-year sentence to a US citizen. Burma has had a military government since 1962. My guess is that it will have a military government in 2062, and likely in 2162. Why should we waste our time with them when we could be wasting our time with Iran? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 'Engage' how, exactly? As in movement to contact or as in "You may fire when the guns bear, Gridley" ? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-02-12 13:45 |
| #1 During my time with Asia Times when it was a print publication (now atimes.com) there was an editorial policy of support for "engagement" with the Burma junta. Many members of the Asia Times staff was opposed to this editorial position, but were overruled by the management. Fast forward to 2010, I am unemployed, Asia Times continues online, and my opinion of the Engagement policy with Burma remains the same: it is a suckers bet. And Thailand says to Burma: "I drink your milkshake!!!" |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2010-02-12 04:43 |