Life under Myanmar's military government - 18 Sep 07

[anitalianmexican]

where did you get this from

[1408alan]

@oscarsamadhi The only evil I see here is that perpetrated by the brutal and greedy Burmese generals in their pursuit of personal wealth and power, and for whom human life means absolutely nothing at all. These human swine oversee a system that rape, kills, and tortures its people at will. It is, with the exception of North Korea, the nastiest regime on earth. While the Burmese people suffer one of the lowest levels of health spending per head, the generals and their cronies are millionaires.

[southsudanvoice]

free Mynamar 

[jamrock1ful]

MMMMMM- I wonder how bad poverty is for the masses of Arabs in Saudi Arabia!? How will sanction improve the masses of Myanmar's people if the goal is to penalizing the leader ship for the severing of there people!!?? Last i checked the Myanmar leadership are living quite comfortably. So how is this bettering the lives of the masses of the Myanmar people? If any thing this is hurting the victims of the regime?

[xxxdieselyyy]

@jamrock1ful --------->Purpose of sanctions is to starve off the people so that they get bitter, frustrated and incite more revolts against the government. This would weaken the hold on the govt. By placing sanctions u r creating hardship for a people. And this hardship means people are less likely to hold those truly voluntary "Than Shwe u r an economic genius" song....and are gonna be more stressed out at govt.

Sanctions are UN tactics of weakening an "undesirable" regime vs open force.

[xxxdieselyyy]

@jamrock1ful --------->my country (India) experienced similar sanctions in 1970s under Indra Gandhi rule. But during those times, I recollect people being actually MORE "nationalist" but in other examples, sanctions trick worked in places like Allende's Chile.

I guess sanctions is a white collar nuclear bomb?

[26desk]

Obama and the Democrats in America want to disarm all Americans (except their own bodyguards and their military) so Americans who disagree with their policies can then be shot dead in the streets like citizens are brutalized all over the world by their corrupt and brutal dictatorships. Never vote for a Democrat, they are "Enemy Within". Never.

[david052856]

@26desk are you fuckin stupid.......

republicans have ruined this whole counrty and spent 3.2 trillion dollars on blowing bullshit up in Iraq. STFU with your hill billy bullshit.

[thai1959]

Evil tyrants can only rule when good men do nothing.Sometimes the peasants have to storm the castle.They need arms and will to fight tyanny and win back there country.

[Kastle503]

In my personal opinion I don't think no more peaceful dialouge's gonna work since even Mr. Gambari couldn't seem to convince the Junta to stop its evil doings. Now we know negotiation doesn't work with those demons so we have to take the real appropraite action. Check out the following link and sign for the petition to send out UN troops : petitiononline . com/untroops/petition . html

[dusteroo]

The UN will do nothing benefitial for this.

The UN isn't what it seems behind the curtains.

[lowbuck27]

Gambari had no choice but to be tactful. He needed to get out alive. I think that the upmost important thing in his mind when he landed in Yangon. The rest are work-related.

[noolympics]

queenie0106:

You like it or not. Free Burma Rangers have been there to protect civilians in Karen, Shan, and other states from systematic genocide!

History will repeat. No dictatorship can be stable forever, including China. There will be blood and death sooner or later. Just look at North Korea. More than 1 million citizens were starved to death.

You want to die with dignity or shame?

Without French Revolution, the so-called "West" would still be a hell hole!

[queenie0106]

THE WORLD IS WATCHING- FREE BURMA!

[noolympics]

No more economic sanction to Burma!

Provide Burmese civilians arms to fight against the EVIL Burmese dictator and the Chinese communists.

Support Free Burma Rangers!

[queenie0106]

Provide arms? Who will? Will you be responsible for the hundreds, thousands, or millions of new deaths? What is wrong with a peaceful demonstration? Will violence solve the answer? Has violence, in history, ever solved an issue? Who will be responsible for the long war and famine during the war? Who will provide aid? Why are we, once again, destroying countries only to be rebuilt by corporations who will then exploit them?

[kurohune07]

queenie0106: I do see your point and I understand that but I had to side with noolympics comment. The Burmese constitutional guide lines passed last month bar anyone without army experience from holding high-office. The junta-450,000 soldiers. More than 1/3 of nation's budget is spent on this massive establishment. Military runs kindergartens, medical schools,technical schools, colleges, all are only open to its own personel. That had to change, it can't go on as is.

[Wrapped4]

In such a situation I would opt for arms. However, these people are complete pacifists and won't react violently even in self defence. And we should respect their choice and beleifs

[kurohune07]

wrapped4: I understand your point. Then we should say "So long!" to the Buddhism now. If we are not going to help decent peoples on their behalf who will not fight back or kill their enemy, then what good are we? According to G.W Bush we are the enemy. That is only reason we are siding with Burmese junta. sign...We are not siding with Burmese for sure, the bottom line.

[Wrapped4]

The Buddhists beleive that the sheer numbers and global presure on China are the solution. They are not just sitting there doing nothing but took the streets risking prison and their life. They just don't opt for violence.

Also, a small minority of Burmese Christian guerillas have took up arms and the Buddhists have absolutely no problem against them. THey just don't want to fight themselves.

[xxxdieselyyy]

@noolympics -------Support Free Burma Rangers!--------->So Western world and NLD politicians can fuck Myanmar up instead of Junta military officials And Chinese?

[screamerican55]

the sad fact is nothing is going to be done.

every country has a oil contract to play. burma

and these mass murder is a small picture of a bigger

role that its going to be use as american propaganda. more

death more propaganda on western media. to take attention away from the other mass murder in iraq.

[screamerican55]

iraq 112 billion barrels of oil- united state and britain foreign developer and contract

Uzbekstan 600 million barrels of oil united state and russa oil cotractors( fyi U.S. oil

contract generally comes with miltary base. this is the case with uzbekstan)

burma 170 thousand barrelsfor France china India. and Russia foreign developer and contract

[myheartsingz]

China "Can't afford" to speak out against the brutal crackdown in Burma. China and Burmese leaders have corrupt deal to sell natural gas way below market prices, a $8.4 billion dollar loss to Burmese people, but quick profits 4 Chinese & Burmese corrupt leaders.

PROTEST CHINA INACTION 2 BURMESE BRUTALITY!

China "can't afford" to lose the Olympics.

Petition 4 China 2 support monks

uscampaignforburma dot org

Petition No Olympics w/o Chinese improve human rights, rsf dot org

[OpiumMuseum]

Economic sanctions will never work as long as China trades freely with Burma. Indeed, the Chinese welcome all sanctions by the US and Europe. Sanctions against Burma have been in place for nearly two decades. They don't work. It's the same situation with North Korea. China must be pressured to control its ally, but China is making too much money in trade to want anything to change.

[screamerican55]

2.Uzbekistan currently possesses about "600 million barrels " of proven oil reserves,

but this is soon expected to increase. There are 171 oil and gas fields in this country. foreign

developer and contracts for united state. andRussia

Burma's oil output is small and gas is taking over from oil. Burma produces around

"170 thousand barrels" of oil equivalent per day, of which 90% is accounted for by gas.

foreign developer and contracts for France china India. and Russia

[screamerican55]

3. Uzbek's government crack down information, freedom of expression right to assembly.

Burmese government crack down information, freedom of expression right to assembly.

[screamerican55]

4. american conservative and the western doctrine of over throw government

by riots and protest is ignore its own protest against Uzbekistan domestic policy .

american conservative and the western doctrine of over throw government

by riots and protest is to expand its own mass protest against Burmese domestic policy.

[screamerican55]

5. Uzbek's government imprison hundred if not thousands of civilian man women

and children and openly committed to torture/ kill politic prisoners and their families

. american goverment stay quiet because we are their partner in crime.

Burmese government imprison hundred if not thousands of civilian man women and children

and openly committed to torture/ kill politic prisoners and their families.

american goverment is outrage and demand their people to over throw the goverment.

[screamerican55]

7. Uzbekistan's miltary attack village of ethicnic minorities. what a supprise not

reported on the western media

Burma's miltary attack village of ethicnic minorities.

reported over and over again on the western media

[screamerican55]

8. when united states took over south Korea the ruling party were the leader of mobs

and gangs its not surprising that they use the concept democracy as a pretext- a means

to justify who gets what contracts and which family runs what organization.

Be it American Corporate Socialist, Communist /Marxist Oligarchy or worst. its just more

of the same. Cold blood ,ruthless people in power and everyone else gets caught at the bottom.

[apbcomm]

BOYCOTT CHINESE OLYMPICS!!!

[2QBUFF]

Everytime something like this is happening the world should have a international strike day ..the money lost would soon wake up the worlds goverments as to what the people need want and expect

[Razmi90]

the most importent for burma is world support.thank un and usa please save burma

[arishellas]

Peaceful demonstrations cannot overthrow Burma's junta.Those immoral bustards who rule this country for decades will only give up power after a real armed revolution.Can this really happen?I seriously doubt.

[jakov123]

the only solution is to throw stones on the police and the government ... violence is allowed against such a sucking government!

[sipeso]

i hope this will spark a worldwide support for Burma. this should have happened along time ago.Hopefully this time around it will initiate a world wide support for Burma's cause. As a Burmese American I am thankful everyone that supporting the cause world wide.

[annasmith1234]

Myanmar and UK people will demonstrate outside Burmese embassy in London on Wednesday 26 September from midday 12pm. Please come and join the democratic demonstations outside Burmese embassy in Lodon. Pass this message on.

[agalligani]

The monks can protest all they want. It will be all for no good. The Chinese will continue to support the junta cause money is all that matters to them. Chinese love making money off other country's suffering.

[fvhjr]

yea!!! these monks are religious icons to the rest of the world.

[Judicius]

America is watching now. And so is the world

[BlueMelon12]

I think once it gets America's attention, it gets the rest of the world's attention... it all depends on the western countries.. i mean think about it.. i didn't have an idea of what was going on in Afghanistan or Iraq until it came on the news here.

[usgreen05]

Thanks for the report.

[pripalopenspace]

ORGANIZE, in your country or city to demonstrate in solidarity. Talk to to a human rights organization in your area. Join the facebook group:

Myanmar (Burma) Uprising: Worldwide support

STAND UP!

[saintrambone]

That is interesting about the 3x hike in fuel costs. The regime in the USA steal oil from overseas and in Mobile Bay of Alabama they sold the poor a natural gas contract and steal the oil. The regime tortures us. Technology and collusion has enabled a vast takeover. Overthrow IT, do not trust any US government officials.

[szehenry]

Very good, wish more people can make such video so that more people in the world know this. The English narration is really great.

[cbreitel]

good, solid journalism

[koolmexican]

its like what the Shock Doctrine talks about.

[Kirbytime]

In the western media for some reason, poverty in eastern Asia isn't as newsworthy as some whores dying.

[Kirbytime]

For some reason, poverty in eastern Asia isn't as newsworthy as some whores dying.

[Hail08]

Dude,Burma was the richest country in Asia in the 50's and 60's. But, under the military regime everything is gone.We have abundant natural resourses and human resourses.What we need first is a change, bringing democracy to the soil Burma.We need your help.Please speak out for us to your local and federal government.

[RundaTerror]

(the comment of Hail08). yeah hail08 is right. from the richest to the poorest nation in southeast asia till people have nothing to eat.....this is how our military regime ruled and how they made our country upside down. they see nothing about people and only for themselves. they should have learnt about long-term investment. natural resources in Burma very few now.

[robtran]

People who criticize al Jazeera should watch these excellent video reports.

[uhlathaung]

A truly reflected and updated vdo.

[mollyboy13]

Thank you for bringing such important and informative stories to YouTube!