The Burmese blame game
China, Russia and India are getting all the blame for the evident inability of the "international community" to rein in Burma's ruthless generals.
That suits western leaders and governments who, for all their current huffing and puffing, have consistently failed to fulfil their responsibilities to the long-suffering Burmese people.
As this crisis unfolds, it should be clear that no one's hands are clean. For again blocking effective action by the UN security council, as they did on Wednesday, Beijing and Moscow deeply deserve the criticism that has come their way.
Russia's hypocritical blathering about the importance of non-interference in another country's internal affairs sits uneasily with its meddling in Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus and other former Soviet republics.… Seguir leyendo »