given that the burmese/myanmar government has yet to allow aid into the country, this may just be an opportunity for these charities to raise money. i'm not saying the charities are undeserving of your donation, but just be aware that what you give may never go to help the victims of the cyclone.
Though I've long thought that even that argument, that the administration chose to go into Iraq because of oil was part of broader policy toward economic and political stability (badly miscalculated). The carrot, if you will, meant to convince one half of America (WMDs being the stick). And that the real reason, if anything is ever that simple, was that they wanted to. I don't know if that makes me more or less cynical, believing that the world changes on impulses that we learned in the sandbox.
Anyway, perhaps we could argue that we need to insure the stability of the world's rice supply?
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My preferred vehicle of donation is Direct Relief International. I considered donating, but I feel like the military will seize everything.
And I can't stop wondering: we overthrew (for better or worse) a dictator in Iraq, how hard would it be to overthrow the Myanmar government?
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Though I've long thought that even that argument, that the administration chose to go into Iraq because of oil was part of broader policy toward economic and political stability (badly miscalculated). The carrot, if you will, meant to convince one half of America (WMDs being the stick). And that the real reason, if anything is ever that simple, was that they wanted to. I don't know if that makes me more or less cynical, believing that the world changes on impulses that we learned in the sandbox.
Anyway, perhaps we could argue that we need to insure the stability of the world's rice supply?
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