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Old 06-10-2007, 02:57   #11
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Re: Free Burma

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
not really sure why the British or the Americans for that matter, want to get involved in the place , the place has not had familial links with the UK since independance in 48 , was never part of the Commonwealth (they refused to join in 48) and if my memory of school history is correct the majority of the Burmese along with neighbouring Thailand sided with Japan during WW2 .
Seems to me we are being conned by television images of docile doe-eyed chamsom wearing women and chanting buddist monks ,
just my thoughts on the subject.
Aggred steeljack, we fell for it in Iraq paper talk propaganda, Iraq was better off with Saddam's iron fist as was Yugoslavia with Tito, Burma is best left with it's Junta, leave well enough alone let the Chineese enforce economic sanctions, "shome hope" methinks.
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