The leader of Burma’s military junta has finally agreed to let all foreign aid workers in to the country to assist with relief work, in the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis.
But the promise of entry might still lead to disappointment as the Burmese regime has a history of changing their mind in relation to agreements made with the UN.
It is impossible to comprehend the reasoning behind the actions of the Burmese government in relation to this large scale natural disaster which has contributed to the death of at least 78,000 Burmese people.
But then again, the Burmese dictatorship is not known for their rational behaviour or even the compassion for the people they govern. A Global report published earlier this week show that Burma also has the highest amounts of child soldiers of any nation.
Since the cyclone hit Burma on the 2. May, the violating and evil behaviour of the regimes has proven more clearly than ever, as they have been denying aid to citizens, steeling from the aid deliveries for self consumption, and recently refusing to reconnect the Bahan township with electricity due to their support to the Monk’s in September’s ‘Saffron Revolution’.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rica told the BBC: “It’s a quite unusual situation actually that you have a country in this desperate straits with its population in the circumstances that this population is in- and you get a kind of stone cold face about people who just want help.”
It might be an unusual situation if it happened anywhere else in the world, but from a regime that is led by a sadistic greed, their reaction should not come to the world as a surprise.
Luckily, it seems like the International community has had a dramatic wake up call, as the European Parliament are now threatening to drag the Burmese regime to the International Criminal Court of human rights violations, in Haag, if they do not open up to International aid to assist the crisis.
