Bad Burma

I read a very upsetting news today.

It seems that the UN aid workers are being banned by the Burma(union or Myanmar) junta in providing basic necessities and medical aid to the devastating victims of the most recent cyclone, that took lives of more than 25,000 and risking the lives of 1.5 million locals.

Personally, I find it very frustrating to know that there are some certain government or state that values political interests more than taking care of its people, especially fighting calamities that rob people of lives and basic necessities to live.

The world is complicated with its political division, that is a given. But if there's an endangerment of lives due to natural or inflicted causes, I think certain sovereign rules should be bent. It's not a disloyalty to your nationality, it's a form of accountability to humans.

Placing Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who leads the National Democratic Party, is placed under house arrest by the military regime. There are continuous and various reported human rights abuse incidents done by the military, and condoning of illegal industries are just some of the things they have to explain and atone for. But blocking access to global help is something they should be ashamed of, greatly. Honestly that's just plain stupid. They've messed up their priorities. Why don't they look at the people, whose only concern is to live. Children and elderly are exposed to devastating circumstances that may encourage diseases and even death.

There must be something done with this government. Not only do they block aid, but isn't there irresponsibility in the beginning for the authorities failed to warn of the impending cyclone, as reported in the boston.com? Burma might not be welcoming to the global community, but officials are not that smart either, which could be their loophole in keeping in tact their dangerous concept of sovereignty.