What freakin' principle are you employing here, mate? First it's "We shouldn't meddle!" then it's "Why aren't we meddling?!" You can't have it both ways.

Taking out Saddam was as much an act of humanitarianism as it was self-interest, but you damn that invasion as 'bad'... Vietnam: 'bad'... North Korea: 'bad'... and those weren't natural disasters: they were entirely totalitarian-made -- far more malevolent than a bloody cyclone.

If you're at all confused as to why America doesn't just charge on in to Myanmar you need to take a look at your own rhetoric. Is it any wonder the U.S. is hesitant about taking such invasive action when dicks like you are almost guaranteed to bitch about them interfering with yet another sovereign government?

Do we hear you slamming the Myanmar junta for their inaction? Nooooo... it's the long-suffering Americans that earn your criticism!!

You're a weasel-whinging wanker, Disin!! You should be ashamed to call yourself an American!!

It's hard to do when your greatest offence is dropping lifesaving supplies out of airplanes. 

My position is consistent.

Yes, it's not based on the reality that the US is an imperial power.  Do some research.  BTW I'm not lazy if you don't do the research, you are.

I'm confused as to why the US will invade countries, but won't drop food and water out of airplanes against the will of a "sovereign" government.  Could you explain how this is not hypocritical or at least inconsistent?

It's because of Saddamites like Disin - Americans who perpetuate the myth of American Imperialism - that half the world remains suspicious of America.

Anything the U.S. does is wrong. Damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. The voice of Saddamy.

Disin today: "Obviously (the U.S.) shouldn't respect their sovereignty."

Disin on April 6th: "My position: The US has made enemies by meddling in other countries. The US should not meddle in other countries."

So what?  Obviously we shouldn't respect their sovereignty.  What are they going to do if we fly over their territory and bomb them with food and water?  Shoot down our planes?  I doubt they would be quite that stupid.  But you never know, they could try to "defend" their air space, which would be a pathetic exercise at best. 

This is the basic problem with the lack of rational thought in this world.  The same people that think it's ok to use my money to feed people against my will, think it's ok to allow a government to force people to die rather than permit charity.  It is completely irrational and inconsistent.  Oh well. 

like you, the Burmese think the Americans are obsessed with invading countries.

If the government of Burma doesn't want supplies from the US, which they would just steal and sell to people that can afford to pay, why don't we just drop the stuff out of the air and give folks a chance at hiding some before the army shows up?  Are we failing to do so because we are scared of them, we respect their sovereignty, or we want to enjoy this opportunity to bitch with indignity?

The U.S. Navy is sitting off the coast laden with humanitarian supplies and personnel, having just completed drills in humanitarian relief around Thailand before the hurricane hit. But the Junta won't have a bar of it, preferring to let their people die than accept help from big bad Bush.

God help them.

Another type of religion on the block competing with all the other backward superstitions! However, its follower's beliefs are strengthened by natural disasters! After natural disaster, I'll wager that they feel a positive glow!
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Al Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a 'Consequence' of Global Warming

Former vice president tells NPR's 'Fresh Air' cyclone is example of 'consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.'

By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
5/6/2008 4:04:54 PM

Using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a strategy for many global warming activists, and it was just a matter of time before someone found a way to tie the recent Myanmar cyclone to global warming.

Former Vice President Al Gore in an interview on NPR’s May 6 “Fresh Air” broadcast did just that. He was interviewed by “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross about the release of his book, “The Assault on Reason,” in paperback.

“And as we’re talking today, Terry, the death count in Myanmar from the cyclone that hit there yesterday has been rising from 15,000 to way on up there to much higher numbers now being speculated,” Gore said. “And last year a catastrophic storm from last fall hit Bangladesh. The year before, the strongest cyclone in more than 50 years hit China – and we’re seeing consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.”

Gore claimed global warming is forcing ocean temperatures to rise, which is causing storms, including cyclones and hurricanes, to intensify.

“It’s also important to note that the emerging consensus among the climate scientists is although any individual storm can’t be linked singularly to global warming – we’ve always had hurricanes,” Gore said. “Nevertheless, the trend toward more Category 5 storms – the larger ones and trend toward stronger and more destructive storms appears to be linked to global warming and specifically to the impact of global warming on higher ocean temperatures in the top couple of hundred feet of the ocean, which drives convection energy and moisture into these storms and makes them more powerful.”

In October 2007, CNN Meteorologist Rob Marciano disputed Gore’s claim that there is a strong correlation between intense storms and global warming. He explained that “global warming does not conclusively cause stronger hurricanes like we've seen,” pointing out that “by the end of this century we might get about a 5-percent increase.”

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080506160205.aspx

Oh sweet KASS.

Bravo Linz!