Comments:Myanmar criticised for hampering aid; UN halts relief efforts

If my country can invade another country for having a "dictator", then why can't we (America, or even the UN) invade Myanmar to help these people? I really can't imagine it would take more then 20,000 troops on the ground to dissolve the government and provide major relief services. It's now all too clear that their government is unwilling to help their people, even in the largest national disaster in at least 50 years. Isn't that the sign of a corrupt government? I'm sure Myanmar barely has a standing army any more; probably only a few hundred security forces spread throughout the capital and surrounding country. I wonder if their government officials have any justifiable reasons for denying international help?
 * Sorry. We've wasted too much effort on wild goose chases in deserts.  We're overextended and bankrupting ourselves at a ridiculous pace.  There's simply no more resources for further regime changes, no matter how noble the cause.  And your underestimation of the number of troops it would take to effect regime change in Burma is almost Perle-esque in scale.  It's a huge jungle - think Viet Nam.  And even if we could "dissolve" the government - without causing massive "collateral damage" (hate that term) ie civilian casualties, and believe me, the dictators will be hiding themselves behind innocent human shields - what happens after that?  We get another failed state dependant entirely on us for security and aid, and everyone in the world pissed at us all over again.  Sorry, not a good idea.
 * And no, its government has no justifiable reason. The government of Burma is a brutal military dictatorship that's out for all it can steal.  Their scumbaghood is widely established.  But where is the political and economic will to weaken their grip on power?  Even today, days after the reports of confirmed death tolls climbing over 20,000, I see very little reporting in U.S. media and very little interest by U.S. citizens.  Because it's all the way over there, you see.  Nargis has already killed well over 10x as many people as Katrina and is likely to kill and make homeless more than 10x that amount when the final tally is made.  Where is America's concern?  You tell me, I don't see it.  -- on WP as User:Kasreyn.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.204.85 (talk) 21:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)