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...typically disingenuous fashion, Burma's military leaders are hailing the country's ongoing National Convention as a historic landmark. Last week, Prime Minister Khin Nyunt visited Malaysia and Thailand to sell the event as part of Burma's enlightened transition to what he calls a "modern democratic state." But it's been difficult for outsiders to assess the scale of the generals' democratic achievement, because foreign media and diplomats?along with independent Burmese reporters?have been denied access to the convention. There are other absentees, too, most notably Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace laureate and leader...
...village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad - your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you - and they - will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their behavior, they certainly deserved to be." Americans do not like the idea that their soldiers may be hated, believing - correctly - that...
...village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad-your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you-and they-will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their behavior, they certainly deserved...
...village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad?your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you?and they?will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their behavior, they certainly deserved...
...hard not to become a monster when you are trying to defeat one. Aung San Suu Kyi is the moral leader of Myanmar, the country more correctly known as Burma. She has been, in effect, under house arrest since...