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You know, I love it when threads move this fast. Especially threads with subjects like this. We need more of them.
There's not really much the US or Europe can do at this point that they're not already doing. Invasion is a non-starter for more reasons that I can count. The Junta will never allow a peacekeeping force inside the borders, so the only alternative seems to me to be an uninvited force. So that's off the table.
Really, if the Chinese and Indians stop selling arms to the Burmese, things would eventually fall apart. If the Army has a diminished ability to keep itself in place, then the ability of the people to seize power increases. That pattern has repeated itself over and over in the last 100 years. It's not an immediate fix, but it's the one I know might work.
Going back to what can be done now, I think that the West's response actually has more effect than folks realize. NPR interviewed a Burmese leader from the 80's who's now living in the US, and he thinks that sactions keep the movement motivated to keep going. It's an interesting theory, anyway.
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