[Buddha-l] News from Burma: bludgeoning monks bythe'lone-tein

[jkirk]

I had the same question Joy raises about Bhutan--not only Bhutan, but more
likely countries like India--while all this lone-tein murder was going on,
the Indian commerce minister was in Rangoon discussing a gas deal with the
junta. Has this generation of bureaucrats in India ever heard of Mahtma
Gandhi and his non-violent struggle to free India? Of course, the ruling
elites in India nowadays loathe Buddhism anyway, as Hindu nationalism has
become de rigeur.
 
The bare greed for resources has taken over the world to the extent that
Burma commerce partners China and even India (the home of non-violent
rebellion) are basically keeping mum about the Burma uprising against
military dictators. Russia is another culprit. They don't want the UN
sanctioning any dictatorship because that's the condition of Russia as well.
Whatever the Chinese and Indian governments have said about the slaughter
going on in Burma is insipid and pointless. Yet both China and India
actually have elverage over the Burma junta--they COULD threaten cutoffs of
commerce and weapons.
 
Joanna

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