Myanmar Trying to Beat Congo as Stupidest Nation
Myanmar has been making public statements about this cyclone relief-aid fiasco that paints them as just a pack of idiots with less intelligence than a child. Remember not long ago, Congo had ignorant people running around claiming sorcerers/witch doctors were extorting money from them or else have their penis shrunken….and the police were so stupid, they actually went out to arrest the witch doctors. Myanmar isnt that far yet, but they can see the finishline now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_re_as/myanmar
They are accusing foreign media of faking disaster area camera footage and saying that the international media is colluding with “unscrupulous elements” to tarnish their image by claiming that people arent getting disaster aid. Their image? They already have one of the crappiest images in the world! This is them:
- They refuse 22 heavy US helicopters that can drop aid to almost everyone in only 3 days - for the disaster that is now over a month old.
- A comedian spent his own money delivering aid and was arrested when he came back and said the government wasn’t lifting a finger in that area.
- In the Irrawaddy delta, the government wouldn’t send aid but they sent troops to arrest a film crew making a tape of the disaster.
- Amnesty International has recorded several cases where people are only given aid if they enter into a type of forced labor by troops.
- Several US Navy ships with enough aid for almost the entire country have left Myanmar ports after being refused admittance for 3 solid weeks.
- 3 weeks after the cyclone, they finally agreed to let UN Food helos in - but only after they heard they were grounded in Bangkok.
- 4 Weeks after the fact, they finally let some C-130’s fly a few million pounds of food into the city.
- They have publicaly stated their fear that the US only wants to deliver aid in order to steal their oil assets. (they have oil?)
And they think WE are ruining their image?
