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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
And how do you propose we do that sort of thing against the Burmese government's will without also fighting with, and consequently overthrowing, that government?
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Very possibly, the Burmese government would just stand back if confronted by force majeure, especially if the mission is a short one with very defined goals.
Having said that, even if it were not so easy, I'm a little surprised - 10s of millions of people were for "regime change" in Iraq and were happy to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives in the process, purportedly because that government was very evil towards its own people, but not many are keen on saving a few thousand lives at a much lower cost.
On a seperate but parallel issue - in the past couple of weeks somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 people died in Burma and China and it really seems these tragedies have been quite underplayed in the Western media. Even here, I think this is the only thread about either incident on TFP.