[Buddha-l] Now for Burma's junta

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Weng-Fai Wong schreef:
> Thai PM has newfound respect for ruling junta
>
> Thailand's new Prime Minister said yesterday he has a new-found respect for
> the ruling junta in Myanmar after learning that they meditate like good
> Buddhists should. 
>
> "Westerners have a saying, 'Look at both sides of the coin,' but westerners
> only look at one side," Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said in his weekly
> television talk show, two days after an official visit to Myanmar. 
>
> "Myanmar is a Buddhist country. Myanmar's leaders meditate and say the
> country lives in peace," Mr Samak said. Both countries are pre-dominantly
> Buddhist. 
>
> Myanmar's junta has come under global criticism for its crackdown on
> pro-democracy protesters last year but Mr Samak said he preferred to talk
> about bilateral trade.
>
> "We want to do something about dams," said Mr Samak, adding that the junta
> had also "found new gas resources". 
>
> "I negotiated with them so we can sign contracts," he said.
>
>   
Funny, what some gas can do for ones meditation and respectability.

Erik