Bret Stevens asked the question in The Wall Street Journal yesterday,
“Does Obama believed in human rights?”
…After nine months on the job we have our answer.
In 2007 thousands of democracy activists in Burma (or Myanmar) rose up and protested against the brutal junta in control their country.
Thousands of Buddhist monks marched in the Hledan area of Rangoon back in September 2007. The monks led massive democracy protests against the violent junta. But the protests didn’t last long. The military regime cracked down on the activists killing and imprisoning several thousand men and women for demanding freedom. (BBC)
The regime slaughtered the democracy protesters. They gunned them down in the streets.
This is raw footage of the execution of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai by the Burmese junta on September 27, 2007.
This coming week the Obama Administration will send a delegation to meet with the killer regime in Burma.
The Age reported:
The United States is preparing to send a rare mission to Burma but warns that its bid to engage the military junta after decades of hostility will be “slow and painful.”
Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said a team would head to Burma to follow up on talks last month in New York, which marked the highest-level US contact with the regime in nearly a decade.But in testimony Wednesday before a House of Representatives committee, Campbell cautioned: “We expect engagement with Burma to be a long, slow, painful and step-by-step process.”
A Burma official on Thursday confirmed the “fact-finding” trip would take place next week. But the official gave no further details, saying the visit was still in the planning stages.
Campbell did not specify who would take part in the trip. Another senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Campbell hoped to go himself but it would depend on whether the junta gives him access to the opposition.
Previously:
In Rare Protest- Myanmar Democracy Activists Get Beatdown
1,000 Burmese Monks Protest Junta Abuse– Get Beatdown!
Burma’s Monks March On– Meet With Aung San Suu Kyi -Update: With Photo
20,000 Protest Military Junta in Burma!
ANOTHER MASSIVE PROTEST in Rangoon Against the Junta!
JUNTA FIRES ON MONKS!… Deaths Reported in Burma
CRACKDOWN IN BURMA- China & Russia Block UN Action!
The Second Amendment: Why We Have It
US Senators Support Democracy Protesters in Burma
JUNTA CRACKDOWN IN MYANMAR!
Buddhist Leader Dalai Lama Extends Support to Burmese Protesters… From Spain
Burma Protests Fizzle As World Turns Back on Slaughter
Myanmar Officials Hide Bodies- UN Delegate Arrives for Show
MASS SLAUGHTER IN BURMA!… Hundreds, Maybe Thousands, Dead! (Video)
Halleluiah! UN Envoy Gets to Meet Junta Leader For 15 Minutes!
Burmese Students Get 5 Years Hard Labor for Protesting Junta
The Buddhist Monks of Burma Have “Vanished”
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:37 pm | #1
Birds of a feather.
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:37 pm | #2
I am giving advice to BHO now.
All is well. http://www.LIVESHOT.cc
I SERVED IN VIETNAM.
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:38 pm | #3
Guy from Indonesian Junta meets with friends.
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:43 pm | #4
Hey, I recognize some of those monks. They gave me BIG $$$$$$ back in the 90’s.
http://www.M4GW.com = DENIERS!
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:48 pm | #5
Human rights? That is above BHO’s pay-grade.
http://www.FreeTheND88.org
October 22nd, 2009 | 12:57 pm | #6
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gloria Lemaster and Juli , kristi nielson. kristi nielson said: RT @bobbi85710 http://ow.ly/vZNg White House 2 Meet W/ Killer Military Regime in Burma – Obama has never met a dictator he didn't love! [...]
October 22nd, 2009 | 1:00 pm | #7
This slumdog can’t meet with the Dalai Lama, who actually EARNED the Nobel Peace Prize 20 years ago, but he can meet with the junta which imprisoned another honoree. It’s rather clear which side of the fence is his.
October 22nd, 2009 | 1:13 pm | #8
North Korea has also made several trips to Burma (Myanmar) in the last few months or so. Also Hill was just there too. Wonder what’s going on? hmmmmm Getting tips?
Will try to find the link.
October 22nd, 2009 | 1:14 pm | #9
[...] in Obama. Tags: Burma, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Honduras, Human Rights, Liberty trackback Obama’s getting ready to meet with the Junta in Burma, despite their violent crackdowns as recent as two years ago. That doesn’t bother him. The [...]
October 22nd, 2009 | 1:16 pm | #10
FYI:
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/burma/nkorea-07012009231914.html?searchterm=None
October 22nd, 2009 | 1:46 pm | #11
Obama is not only the enemy within, but he is the enemy to anyone who seeks liberty over tyranny no matter where they live.
October 22nd, 2009 | 2:35 pm | #12
The mission will be to tell the junta not to watch Fox news.
October 22nd, 2009 | 3:11 pm | #13
Didn’t think that Obama had any shame, but even he couldn’t face the Dalai Lama, who was last seen shocking Democrats with his appreciation that the Texas Way was a superior approach in certain cases.
Not a one of those mumble-mouthed peace-nicks seemed to remember how the Dalai Lama left Tibet, that is, what it’s like to be literally running for one’s life.
October 22nd, 2009 | 3:26 pm | #14
Does Obama believe in democracy and human rights?
Iran, Honduras, Burma. The mask keeps slipping.
October 22nd, 2009 | 3:58 pm | #15
Obama is meeting with these despicable murderers to get some helpful hints on how to control the populace.
October 22nd, 2009 | 4:30 pm | #16
How has the previous policy of isolating Myanmar done in terms of bringing democracy to Myanmar?
I am all for criticizing the Democrats if they do things that are anti-democratic around the world. But if you look at what our policies towards places like Cuba and Myanmar have actually accomplished, other than miring their people in poverty, it’s hard to identify anything. Before we reflexively criticize them for trying a different tactic, let’s see what they actually do.
October 22nd, 2009 | 6:53 pm | #17
Thats a Peace Prize.
October 22nd, 2009 | 7:29 pm | #18
++
Guess Who @ 4:30 pm #16
Bush off to Beijing with a Myanmar mission
albeit that’s just a mere sample,
you speak as if Bush did nothing..
Bush did many things behind the curtain so to speak..
aah, i suppose one could easily blame the MSM for many things
Bush did or didn’t do, but alas that would be too digressive a task..
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October 22nd, 2009 | 11:58 pm | #19
Any meetings between the Burma dictatorship and the Obama Administration will probably become a strategy meeting on how to achieve mutual goals.
Obama Administration is probably looking for pointers on how trash current Constitution and replace with new dictatorship.
October 23rd, 2009 | 1:47 am | #20
“Does Obama believed in human rights?”
Of course he doesn’t. There are no human rights in the left wing.
And Nagai wasn’t executed. He was murdered in cold blood and the free world was silent. As usual. Because we have to be tolerant, because we have to be politically correct.
Guess Who, and talking with fascists will change anything? Are you THAT naive? History proves that talking with fascists doesn’t change anything. It proves that things go down the sewer quickly if you reach out to fascists. And Obama is doing exactly that. He’s the Neville Chamberlain of our age.
October 23rd, 2009 | 7:37 am | #21
[...] it all, don't it? BO's administration won't meet with FoxNews, but they will meet with the brutal regime of Myanmar (a.k.a. [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | 12:59 pm | #22
[...] White House to Meet With Killer Military Regime in Burma ‘Comrade Obama’ never met a repressive government he didn’t like. ‘Faux POTUS’ would like to have the US Government be like so many of his ‘hero governments’, but he doesn’t have the balls to make that move, yet! If the American voter is stupid enough to reelect this ‘Commie Creep’ in 2012 look for the move to be made then. A Lame-duck has nothing to lose and no one to answer to. [...]
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