So the rest of this article is just arm-flailing propaganda, isn't it?
"In rare talk, US envoy meets with Suu Kyi; Urges harmony in Myanmar" by Thomas Fuller, New York Times | November 5, 2009
BANGKOK - US officials say they have no immediate plans to lift the sanctions, which bar most trade and investment in the country by US companies.
The European Union also imposes wide-ranging sanctions on the military government, but Myanmar’s neighbors, including Thailand, China, and India, trade and deal freely with the country, weakening the effectiveness of the Western sanctions....
So we LOSE OUT AGAIN on TRADE!
A senior American diplomat who completed a rare visit to Myanmar yesterday said that Washington would improve relations with the nation on the condition that its military government embraced reconciliation with Myanmar’s democratic opposition....
We get more like the Israelis every day!
Yeah, EMBRACE OUR CIA SPOOK and we'll what, not overthrow your government? I think we have tried and failed with Myanmar.
Would YOU want the CIA running rampant in YOUR NATION?
Neither do the Burmese generals! That's not to say they are a bunch of great guys, but put the situation outside the MSM context and agenda-pushing prism for a moment.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years and is allowed only infrequent meetings with anyone outside her home....
Gimme a break, will ya?!
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