Un-Fucking-Believable

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've most likely heard of what's been going on in Myanmar. First, Buddhist monks protesting the military government and getting brutally repressed. Now, Cyclone Nargis has struck this poor, suffering nation, possibly causing more than 32,000 deaths.

And this is the response of the Burmese government:

Even Myanmar citizens who want to donate rice or other items have in several cases been told that all assistance must be channeled through the military. That restriction has angered local government officials like Tin Win who are trying to help rebuild the lives of villagers. He twitched with rage as he described the rice the military gave him.

“They gave us four bags,” he said. “The rice is rotten — even the pigs and dogs wouldn’t eat it.”

He said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had delivered good rice to the local military leaders last week but they kept it for themselves and distributed the waterlogged, musty rice. “I’m very angry,” he said, adding an expletive to describe the military.

I absolutely cannot believe the chutzpah of these bastards. Hold the Katrina comparisons, at least Bush and FEMA tried to help. In other words, they didn't purposely prevent aid from reaching New Orleans. Not what these military crackheads are doing.

My prediction: Some day, those people are going to get fed up with their government, and there will be some serious trouble. No matter what the culture, people will only put up with so much before they snap. Maybe this is the breaking point for the poor, abused people of Myanmar. This is one place I wouldn't object to a little old-fashioned regime change. The Myanmarese deserve it.