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A Flood of Emotion

By U.S. News Staff

June 5, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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"A Disaster Made Worse" [May 19] described the catastrophic results of a cyclone that struck Myanmar (formerly Burma) and those who may still perish for lack of timely aid.

The article was brief, but the accompanying photograph of villagers left homeless was riveting. In the lower left corner was a young girl, looking straight into the camera and whose eyes spoke a thousand words.

Gary H. Boyd
Scottsdale, Ariz.

 

When I read the lines "despite the scale of suffering, there was an eerie silence in the days after the disaster" and "the authoritarian regime was either completely paralyzed or simply unwilling to react," I thought I was reading a piece on New Orleans after Katrina.

Phyllis Corgiat
Norris, Tenn.

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In the June 16th issue Letters to the Editor, Phyllis Corgiat quoted from your article on the Myanmar cyclone, “…the authoritarian regime was either completely paralyzed or simply unwilling to react.” She finished with the comment, “I thought I was reading a piece on New Orleans after Katrina.” She is right in her comparison but I wouldn’t refer to the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, or the Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, as “authoritarian.” They were just incompetent. Their fellow officials in Mississippi showed how to respond in a crisis - they followed their plans! Nagin didn’t do anything right! Same federal government, different results! Stop looking to Washington, start demanding local responsibility and effectiveness. Incidentally, Ms. Corgiat, if you did live in an authoritarian state, you couldn't have written what you did. Get real!.

William F. Brennan of NV 11:16PM June 10, 2008

Why do we need the permission of scoundrels who are not the legitimate government of Burma to feed the hungry! They are a bunch of 'thugs', led by Than Shwe & his gang, who are only in the business of looting the country & her people, and not governing it.

Why are UN, US, EU & ASEAN acceding to the demands of these hoodlums!

Why aren't they prescribing and implementing the UN charter which give them the "Responsibility to Protect" these innocent victims. Don't they have the responsibility to take collective action against genocide?

The only legitimate government of Burma is Aung San Suu Kyi & the NLD. Do we really need to get permission from the junta/dictators to help these desperate souls who cannot defend themselves?

Where is your humanitarianism & passion for those less fortunate than yourselves. This is the time to take action for the good of all humanity. So, please have the courage to do something to help the Burmese people.

Don't let Burma become another "killing fields" or a tragedy worse than "Holocaust"! Please HELP! THANK YOU, WORLD! May God will BLESS you all for your selfless deeds!

JW of CA 5:42PM June 05, 2008

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