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Tyrants In Myanmar Seize Aid

J.J. Jackson* | May 10, 2008 

Much to the surprise of the United Nations, who never seem to get it through their thick skulls that tyrants are bad people, the ruling junta of Myanmar has seized the aid shipments that had begun to be let in to help victims of the cyclone last week.

Ok, beyond the fact that a lot of that aid was paid for by U.S. citizens after having their wealth confiscated by the federal government above and beyond constitutional authority, this really annoys me. The United Nations, after all these years, hasn’t figured out by now that tyrants act this way?

ANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar’s junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week’s devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday.

The U.N. said the aid included 38 tons of high-energy biscuits and arrived in Myanmar on Friday on two flights from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates.

“All of the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated,” U.N. World Food Program spokesman Paul Risley said. “For the time being, we have no choice but to end further efforts to bring critical needed food aid into Myanmar at this time.”

Myanmar’s government acknowledged taking control of the shipments and said it plans to distribute the aid “without delay by its own labor to the affected areas.”

Ok, so there are two likely scenarios here. First is that the junta is going to keep the aid for themselves which really would not be that surprising. Second is that they know they cannot afford to have it even appear that they cannot provide for their own people. Think about how embarrassed they would be to have to admit that they need help and that it was nations like the United States that were in fact capable of handling the situation.

Heck, they certainly cannot have that. So they will confiscate the food and made it look like they are the saviors. Ah yes – tyrants.

You too America could have your very own one of these come election day. America, you can have someone that will take from you, fiddle with it and then give it back after they have extracted their cut. The choice is yours.

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