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2007-09-28 Southeast Asia

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Posted by 3dc 2007-09-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 But of course no one wants to acknowledge how communist China is playing both sides of the fence in this dispute. Perish any thought that a socialist regional superpower might want to influence the upshot of this immensely important Southeast Asian territorial outcome.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-28 02:22|| 2007-09-28 02:22|| Front Page Top

#2 And from the left the sound of crickets. There is no anti-Jewish, anti-British or anti-American angle and consequently they don't care. That and the paymasters of street protest back the junta.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-28 11:31|| 2007-09-28 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Think the general's give a shit about world opinion?
Take the army, give the points...

Posted by tu3031 2007-09-28 11:38|| 2007-09-28 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 There has to be somewhat to manipulate this. Hell the Communists convinced the Bhuddists in Vietnam that the Diem regime was going to enforce Catholocism, thus convincing them to burn themselves alive in front of cameras. There has to be something that can be said or done to bring that sort of resolve out in the monks.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-09-28 12:18|| 2007-09-28 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 If they were fighting shaolin monks like in the old Kung Fu Theater movies they wouldn't take this shit lying donw.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-09-28 18:20|| 2007-09-28 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently most males in Bhurma do two stints as monks: at age 16 and again at 20 or so. This isn't excess children being sent away to be fed by the monasteries, or the few who feel a call to the religious life. And the monasteries can refuse to allow the military to participate in religious rites. So the junta may well be taking a real risk of revolt in the ranks, if I understand some of the things I read correctly.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-28 19:26|| 2007-09-28 19:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Burma. PIMF!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-28 19:26|| 2007-09-28 19:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Though I'm no longer in the AO, I've been there as recently as late June. The Burmese people (and most of the many ethnic groups) are passive by nature but in the past, the Burmese did have a vibrant warrior culture - ask any Thai ! My sense is the reports of deaths are undereported by a factor of 100. Should have more insights in few days. This could get very ugly.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2007-09-28 22:27|| 2007-09-28 22:27|| Front Page Top

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