Burma

[anotheoldgit]

President Bush is set to announce further sanctions against Burma, and encouraging other nations to act..

Should Britain take any action?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/ 7011655.stm

[jiggy-gb]

For once he seems to be talking sense. Normally when he speaks about global matters I think he should go back to the typing pool with the other chimps and continue trying to type out The Complete Works Of Shakespeare.

[Gromit]

It goes without saying that UK Gov should encourage a return to democracy in all places rules by dictators and Juntas, whether it be Burma, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.

Other than echo what Bush says, I think that the should be the limit of any UK 'action'.

[Supernick]

Off topic, but isn't it Myanmar now?

[China Doll]

I agree with Groms.

Hiya Nick m'dear, you alright? I'd forgotten your smartar5e tendencies ;0P But yes, I think you have a point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

[anotheoldgit]

If Burma is good enough for the British, it should be good enough for everyone.

[Supernick]

I'm far from being a smarta rse my dear. I just got used to calling it Myanmar over the last few years, and now all the media is reverting back to Burma. It hurst my poor tired brain.

[NJOK]

It would also be good if people stopped saying 'the Ukraine'. It's now just 'Ukraine'.

Many thanks.

[kwicky]

Now that Bush has upset the Muslim world upsetting a few Buddas must be par for the course.

http://asia.msu.edu/seasia/Burma/religion.html

[LeMarchand]

Firstly, to address the question - what sort of action?

Otherwise, i was wondering why it was no longer "Myanmar". I guessed that either no-one knew where the hell Myanmar was or it was an "up yours" to the current regime.

As for Bushy, I suspect that the Yanks are itching to go into Burma. C Rice was castigating the country a while back, and the propaganda machine has started: in "Stealth" there is a meeting of terrorist masterminds in Rangoon, and the upcoming "Rambo" film has Stallone taking on the Burmese army...

[MAMA KIN]

Burma was officially renamed by the junta in 1989 to Myanmar.
Expect the US govt and others to apply pressure to China, who have been a supporter of the curent military junta, providing arms and diplomatic support in the UN, to use this political and economical influence with Myanmar's ruling generals to improve it's human-rights practices and release the winner of the 1990 elections (Aung San Suu Kyi) from house arrest.

[anotheoldgit]

All this changing place names, Burma is now Myanmar, The Ukraine is now Ukraine, Bombay is now Mumbai.

How long before England is now ????????

Answers please.

[China Doll]

Never Never Land?

That would get my vote.

[NJOK]

Oh!

Why can't everything be like it was 50 years ago!

It's not fair!