How Frustrated Are People Over Burma?
The lead story at CNN is this Time magazine article: Is it Time to Invade Burma?
My short answer: No! [These people are barking at the moon insane.]
But the article contains a possible solution:
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So what other options exist? Retired General William Nash of the Council on Foreign Relations says the U.S. should first pressure China to use its influence over the junta to get them to open up and then supply support to the Thai and Indonesian militaries to carry out relief missions. “We can pay for it — we can provide repair parts to the Indonesians so they can get their Air Force up. We can lend the them two C-130s and let them paint the Indonesian flag on them,” Nash says. “We have to get the stuff to people who can deliver it and who the Burmese government will accept, even if takes an extra day or two and even if it’s not as efficient as the good old U.S. military.” …
I assume that Nash suggested Indonesia because it is easy to apply their markings: a red over white flag, and a red pentagon with a white center for a roundel. The US military has some experience with pentagons. There are multiple shops in the area that could whip out hundreds of these puppies in an afternoon on white sticky-back vinyl. The Thai markings are three color [red, white, and blue] and more complicated.
