The Burmese Junta Leaps Into The Abyss

 

Even by the junta’s perverse standards, the arrival of just a few UN relief planes after nearly a week of catastrophic death and lingering suffering in the face of mounting disease and starvation seems almost extreme in its depravity.

The lack of outrage evinced by the world in the face of the regime sentencing hundreds of thousands of its own people to death by famine and pestilence should act as a bitter pill for those who foolishly believe a “responsibility to protect” is a viable doctrine now or in the near future.

The junta’s bankroller, China, sees no need as of now to get involved.  There is no coming out for Chinese power in the region, not even a half-hearted attempt at choreographing Chinese soldiers rushing into action to assist their beleaguered ally in its time of trouble with relief aid.  

Those wishing to do something about this nightmare would be advised of one viable option to yet save the lives of nearly a million Burmese.  

A worldwide fundraising effort to handsomely monetarily reward the mid-grade and junior Burmese officers who rise up and slaughter their senior leaders (in as slow and painful as possible a manner) to assume control of the country and admit international relief agencies (or at least the Chinese & Thai equivalents).

Barring this dream scenario, is it possible for the United States, Japan, India and others to get together, speak with China, and organize a coup d’ teat this week?  

Even more seriously, in all honesty, can the US at least make a fuss at the Security Council over this?  How is this behavior not richly belonging in the highest coda of “crimes against humanity”?  

This regime just marched past North Korea’s in the odious line, blew a kiss to the rotting stack of thousands of tortured, murdered Buddhist monks from last year and dived straight into the greatest pool of blood from mass murder since Rwanda.  The screams for help won’t be heard this time though, the victims will be too weak from dysentery, cholera and malnutrition to offer up too much of a struggle.