tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post479107589514531869..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Invading MyanmarDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-92231075014540890732008-05-13T22:29:00.000-07:002008-05-13T22:29:00.000-07:00And now that China has their own natural disaster ...And now that China has their own natural disaster to deal with, Myanmar doesn't have much hope for international aid.Eric W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266823523660676253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-5955319985042821632008-05-12T07:39:00.000-07:002008-05-12T07:39:00.000-07:00Can we view this from a different angle? What if ...Can we view this from a different angle? What if the disaster happened in Canada? The Canadian government has decided to limit foreign donations and is dealing with it in their own manner. We disapprove of the Canadian's relief efforts. Do we invade? Heck, no.<BR/><BR/>I may be the last isolationist left in the world. I still believe in national sovereignty. If Cuba want to only elect wackadoos named Castro, so be it (as long as we stayed armed and ready). If Zimbabwe won't allow Mugabe to step down in spite of election results, so be it. If Canada or Burma do not want to accept charitable offerings from the United States, why should we be upset? <BR/><BR/>The US military should be involved in protecting the US. This is something that the United Nations should be screwing up.RedheadwithAttitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140096693472247508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15266826790555340532008-05-11T08:25:00.000-07:002008-05-11T08:25:00.000-07:00The fact of the matter is our military is spread t...The fact of the matter is our military is spread thin already. We can't be the world police. Myanmar is tragedy as are Dufar and many other places around the globe. Want to make Myanmar a greater tragedy? Invade.DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-54912914769377457912008-05-11T07:50:00.000-07:002008-05-11T07:50:00.000-07:00Note that the communist government of Burma has be...Note that the communist government of Burma has been slaughtering people there for years, and liberals couldn't have cared less. Suddenly they care now that a cyclone killed a comparatively insignificant number of people, no doubt due to some sort of climate change nonsense.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-30942920117604152622008-05-11T07:22:00.000-07:002008-05-11T07:22:00.000-07:00> Maybe the agenda is the belief that forcing in a...> Maybe the agenda is the belief that forcing in aid would, I dont know, be a net benefit in that it would save lives.<BR/><BR/>Oh right. Enforced generosity, i.e. welfare, having proven to be such a net benefit domestically that it ought to be taken on the road. <BR/><BR/>The only item on the agenda of the lefties who think invading Myanmar would be just a peachy idea is the opportunity to strike a pose and the Times writer as much as admits that towards the end of the piece:<BR/><BR/><I>The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake; and the world has yet to reach a consensus about when, and under what circumstances, coercive interventions in the name of averting humanitarian disasters are permissible.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-73337543972496007112008-05-11T03:01:00.000-07:002008-05-11T03:01:00.000-07:00Of course, neither North Korea nor Iran--or Iraq, ...Of course, neither North Korea nor Iran--or Iraq, back in Saddam's day--hid their desire for nuclear weapons. Stopping their acquisition could same many more lives than even the thousands to be saved in Burma.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87179535165324831592008-05-11T02:43:00.000-07:002008-05-11T02:43:00.000-07:00Maybe the agenda is the belief that forcing in aid...Maybe the agenda is the belief that forcing in aid would, I dont know, be a net benefit in that it would save lives. Those rascally liberals, with their nasty agendas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-18766106491084226142008-05-10T16:05:00.000-07:002008-05-10T16:05:00.000-07:00I'm a Democrat and I'd be willing to go fight in N...I'm a Democrat and I'd be willing to go fight in N.K. OR Myanmar, but not the other two you mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-24920614881519765482008-05-10T14:45:00.000-07:002008-05-10T14:45:00.000-07:00I've been saying it for almost a week now: Send in...I've been saying it for almost a week now: Send in the Marines! Send them into the coastal areas that the military leaders can't even reach since the roads and bridges are out. Is it moral to stand by for tin-horn dictators while people die? Bush's popularity rate is at its lowest point ever. Why should he care if it goes lower? Probably it would rise as a result!Babbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152952119296267993noreply@blogger.com