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29Apr
Why The USA Will Not Demand China Leave Burma
Apr 29, 2008 at 05:15PM
Despite the efforts of protesters inside and outside of Burma, the United States Government has done nothing to stop China's invasion of Burma and the continued enslavement of the Burmese people. Even efforts to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games have been ignored as a possible solution with President Bush's words about freedom for the Burmese people ringing hollow.
So why is it the US continues fighting for Iraqi "freedom" but refuses to fight for the people of Burma? Well, we can start with the fact that Chevron and Unocal (two of the largest oil companies in the United States) are major players in the current Burmese invasion. From the news:
"The Yadana Gas Pipeline Project represents the single largest foreign investment project in Burma and the single largest source of income for the Burmese military. Run by a consortium including Chevron, Thai company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), Total (operator), and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), the project does little to benefit the Burmese economy or its people.
Abuses including extrajudicial killings, torture, rape and extortion by pipeline security forces have dramatically increased since the Yadana Project was initiated in the early 1990s. Violations committed in furtherance of the project have included forced labor; forced portering, whereby villagers are made to carry arms and supplies for soldiers patrolling the pipeline route; and forced relocation of entire villages to clear the way for the pipeline and provide ready pools of forced laborers. Read it and weep.
You see, while no one was looking, China and the USA became one in the same-- the military arms of the New World Order.
So why is it the US continues fighting for Iraqi "freedom" but refuses to fight for the people of Burma? Well, we can start with the fact that Chevron and Unocal (two of the largest oil companies in the United States) are major players in the current Burmese invasion. From the news:
"The Yadana Gas Pipeline Project represents the single largest foreign investment project in Burma and the single largest source of income for the Burmese military. Run by a consortium including Chevron, Thai company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), Total (operator), and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), the project does little to benefit the Burmese economy or its people.
Abuses including extrajudicial killings, torture, rape and extortion by pipeline security forces have dramatically increased since the Yadana Project was initiated in the early 1990s. Violations committed in furtherance of the project have included forced labor; forced portering, whereby villagers are made to carry arms and supplies for soldiers patrolling the pipeline route; and forced relocation of entire villages to clear the way for the pipeline and provide ready pools of forced laborers. Read it and weep.
You see, while no one was looking, China and the USA became one in the same-- the military arms of the New World Order.
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Reader Comments (1)
One of my hobbies is chasing down neoliberals. I was surprised to find folks applying the word to China. So much for spreading the truth of Christian Democracy.