Thanks so much for the first lady to address issue about Burma. The world had been neglacted Burma for long period of time. Based on the recent news on Burma, it's getting worse and worse as time passed. Burmese people are in great danger now. Monks and civilians are being killed by own soldiers, who were vowed to protect their country and civilians. Being killed by own soliders is the ugliest and the most unforgivable crime.
Burmese people has nothing in their hands to defense for themselves. I strongly encourage UN and countries around the world to please step in and offer help to those poor people. Please hear the cries of Burmese people. Please do not ignore Burma.

There r alot of ppl like me in all part of the world who were born & grew up in Myanmar(Burma) but had no future to stay & make a decent living there due to military regime. So we had no choice but to go oversea to get 'Proper' education & 'Decent' living. The country is in decline since 1962 until now.

US had imposed sanctions on military regime but in fact the real people who suffer most are the people like me, the general population. While the military officials r still laughing their way to the bank. Their leader Than Shwe will probably be sitting on his gold plated toilet bowl smoking cuban ciger & wondering what to buy next with his 100s of millions of dollars. While alot of people who totally rely on Daily earning will be having a sleepless night wondering how to get a meal next day since there is less business due to protests.

It is a good thing that more & more people around the world had recognized the suffering of our countrymen. One needs great deal of courage & frustrations & anger to stand up bare-handed against military with guns, bayonets & batons. Knowingly one point or another it might be you who is laying near the pavement with bulet-holes. Military regime admitted there were 3,000 civilian dead in 1988. That is what they said. (They also said there was One death in the first day of shooting now. In fact, there were 8 or 9 death according to witnesses & international news agencies)

I was too young to have participated in 1988 & 1996 protests. And i admit i do not have guts now to line up bare-handed infront of guns & bayonets so that they can slaughter me. And even if i get killed, at the end we will most likely be back to where before protests started. After 15 years of so-called international sanctions, the regime still continue crimes (killings, rapes & tortures) and violate human rights. And high ranking military officials' can still have shoppings & medications in Singapore with blood stained money sucked outta Burmese people. And clearly the military regime is waiting out for Aung San Su Kyi to grow old and die. So that they can have peaceful life since there is no popular enough figure to lead the next generation.

We had tried the peaceful protests with millions of protesters, but failed to change.
International community had tried imposing sanctions (15yrs?) & tried to alienate the government, but failed. You know, the smell of money is just too strong to resist for some neighbouring countries.

Why not we try other way ?
I sure will be willing to sacrifice & fight against them if i were as well trained & equipped as the soldiers there are
peaceful protests only work against educated & civilized government anyway
And i doubt S.Gen Than Shwe ever had secondary education

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"Posted by: Merrill Guice | Sep 27, 2007 4:32:01 PM

i read one reason for the recent protests were because of the big price hike in fuel ( exxon mobil texas based can you connect the dots ? ) what caused that ? could it be turmoil in the middle east ? we have lost our moral authority we are seen as hypocrits around the world i will never vote republican again "

the 'NEW' price there is considered to be okay for international standard..
BUT the problem is, it is around the 1/10 of the salary per 1 gallon for majority of the people.. it is not about the "price", it is about the economy of the country for majority of the people.. when the oil price increased, the bus fare increased, the price of rice increased, the cost of EVERYTHING increased. BUT not the economy. People can barely go to work. if they cant work, they got nothing to eat. So, for most people, they would rather die fighting for miracle

Dear Mrs. Bush, I commend you and the President highly for speaking out on behalf of the Burmese people. Some may feel that leaders are just speaking about it and not doing anything. However, the first step to solving a problem is to recognizing it. The 1988 uprisings did not get recognized by the world, so this is a major step indeed. By continuing to speak out, I hope that you will influence others to bring about change in Myanmar. General Than Shwe's wife is the most powerful person in Myanmar, although he ostensibly calls the shots. This couple answers only to China. The only way to influence the general is by influencing China, and now is a great time to do so, when China is planning for its debut with the olympics. Please use your influence to ask people not to support China, in any way they can. Maybe they can avoid going to the olympics, or avoid buying Chinese products. Please continue to ask those with economic and political influence in China to pressure China into presenting itself as the "good neighbor". I do not believe that the US or other countries need to expend force in Myanmar, if they can influence China, since China is Myanmar's achilles' heel. The Burmese people are gentle and peaceful people. As you can see, amongst the demonstrators, there is not one armed person. The placards do not even have angry words on them. They speak of love, peace, and freedom. The monks chant prayers and blessings during the demonstrations. The cruelty of those willing to order such people to be shot is evident. If there is no change this time, I cannot bear to think what the future of Burma will be like. The demonstrators, the monks, and the country, are very deserving of your support. I am deeply grateful.
Kelli

It sounds like "all talk" and no actions now a day.. since all the people in U.S are all over Iraq war and I am not sure how much they will "see" the S.E.A matter.. Once General Aung San said, in one of his book I read in past.., he would not be surprise if the WW III is between U.S and China.. Anyway.. As long as China is backing Myanmar (which they do..and in fact you can see it today...) I don't think it will be another Iraq in Myanmar..

I pray for all the peaceful people in Myanmar and it's sad to see that those armed guard beat the Buddhist monk w/o respect of religious..

I am very glad to hear that the First Lady, Laura Bush is speaking out against the ruthless military dictator. I hope the momentum continue to overthrow the junta.

I was there in 1962 when they sized the power. Burmese junta is 100 time worst than Sadam Hussein.

Burmese are peaceful and forgiving people please help them. Burmese military dictator is propped up by the China. Since China does not have human right they can not be persuaded to take part in condemnation of repressive regime. Up coming Olympic boycott by the western nations will bring the China inline with rest of the world view.

For last few days, I read the news about the Burmese problems everyday and every news touched my heart so sadly. Sometimes, I do not know how the Burmese generals feel when they treat their owned people that way. I am so afraid that another "killing field" will happen if we do nothing to prevent it. I will pray for Burmese people.

Right now,Burmese people are helpless.Today,the burmese army and police killed more people,there.
We are so sad that nobody can help the unarmed people.

From what I read one of the only hopes for the peopleof Burma is for the military to start breaking ranks within
itself.
As Mrs Bush said the militart needs to defy the orders to kill their own people. I might add that the military might need to turn their guns on the one issuing the orders.
It appeare that the military has had a tight grip on the people for a long time. And yet I'm sure it is the upper ranks that never fire a weapon that is the main problem and hence need to be illiminated one way or another.
Good luck Burma!!!!!!!

Thankyou very much to the First Lady who has addressed and taken up on the side of long suffering Burmese People.However; UN , US and the Western
powers will need to take solid action very quickly; the way things are going ; in the next few days; there won't be anybody left for demonstrations ( Monks, students ).This regime is ruthless; they shown this before in 1988; that is prior to Tianmin square massacre.The Chinese and Indians will not do anything; they are benefitting from this regime who is selling our national resources , for their personal benefit.Thanks again to the First Lady who siglehandedly initiate and fight for the oppressed; in fact it is the American Tradition and Idealism to fight for the oppressed, if we look at the history.

Isn't there anyone/country out there that is able to help these people? Why aren't we doing anything besides a wrist slap? It's 2007 can't we start getting along? How can that government attack innocent people? The government must be awfully afraid. By attacking these monks it just shows how really weak it is.

Please show the world about our strong support to incredibly brave burmese monks and civilian who have lost their lives during the protest on 26 and 27 by wearing red shirt on Friday 28.

May God be with Burma.

As everyone said China has been big issue and they have been making Burmese people to suffer.UN or US cannot take any action because China has been protecting over Burmese Military Government.God bless Burma!

I am very glad to see that the First Lady, Laura Bush is speaking out against the ruthless military dictator. I hope the momentum continue to overthrow the junta.
I was there in 1962 when they seized the power by throwing all the political leaders in the house arrest. Burmese junta is 100 times worst than Saddam.
Burmese are peaceful and forgiving people please help them. Burmese military dictator is propped up by the China. Since, China does not have human right they cannot be persuaded to take part in condemnation of repressive regime. Up coming Olympic boycott by the western nations will bring the China inline with rest of the worldview.

I am a liberal. Here is an opportunity for our military to free a people of its military dictatorship. Here is a reason for military intervention. Bring freedom to Burma. Realistically I don't think this will happen.

Thank you for YOUR KIND SUPPORT FOR POOR BURMESE PEOPLE LADY BUSH, USA.....
BY THE WAY...
I want to REQUEST CHINA LEADERS TO SUPPORT LADY LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO RECLAIN HER POWER THAT SHE TRULY DESERVE SINCE FRON 1990.
DEAR CHINESE GOVERNMENT, YOU WANT YOUR COUNTRY TO BE RICE, YOU PROMOTE YOUR LANGUAGE TO BE LEARNED BY WHOLE WORLD AND YOU LOVE TO SHOW OF YOUR POWER TO THE WORLD WITH OLYMPIC,2008. YOU WANT YOUR CHINESE PEOPLE POPULARITY,PEACE AND RICH LIFE AND YOU ARE TRYING SO HARD FOR THEM TO BE EDUCATED. LOOK AT BURMA AND BURMESE PLE- NO SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION, NO HELP FOR DAILY LIVING COSTING AND BUSINESS FOR PUBLIC EXCEPT FOR THEMSLEVES SO THIS IS TIME FOR REALITY AND YOU CAN HELP YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD PEOPLE ARE REALLY SUFFERING AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN NOW PLEASE.CHOOSE THE RIGHT LEADER FOR US AND TELL THIS BRUTAL
MILITARY GOV:TO STOP LILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE AND BUDDHIST MONKS IN BURMA.

HELLO LADY BUSH.. YOU ARE KIND AND RECONIZING BURMESE PEOPLE COURAGE AND SACRIFING THEIR LIFE FOR BUIRMA.
ACTUALLY BURMESE MONKS ARE VERY PEACEFUL PEOPLE AND HELPING OUR PEOPLE WITH HOW TO FIND PEACE AND HEAVEN , DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WANT TO INVOLVE IN ANY KIND OF VOILANCE BUT LOOK AT IT HOW CRUEL THE MILITARY GOV: IS? THEY KNEW THAT THEY ARE GREEDY, BULLY, ABUSIVE AND CORRUPION AND THEY ARE DOING ALL WRONG FOR POWER. tHE MAIN THEY KNEW IS ABOUT KAMA, YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK WHEN YOU DID BAD THINGS TO INNOCENT PEOPLE , NOW THEY ARE EVEN KILLING BUDDHIST MONKS AND AGAINST BUDDHA TEACHING THAT HOW TO KEEP PEACE AND KINDNESS AND DOING RIGHT THING FOR THE OWN BURMESE PLOPLE. BECAUSE OF THAT THAY WILL SUFFERING SOON AND EARTH WILL DIVIDED FOR THAM AND WILL SUCK THAM INTO BETWEEN THERE SOON. THEIR REGRETION WILL BE TOO LATE. WE TRULY WORSHIP SALUTE OUR BUDDHA,DAMMA,THANGA,PARENTS AND TEACHERS.MAY BUDDHA WILL LOOK AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE OF BURMA PLEASE!!!
LOTS OF LOVE AND PRAYERS!!!

I sincerely appreciate Mrs. Bush and all people around the world expressed your concerns toward Burma. After reading the news, one question came to my mind, "why this time, at this moment, again?" Can history really repeat itself? What is the fundamental cause of this violent toward peaceful protesters? Why did monks decide to protest at this time? Does it relate to world politics?

However, fundamentally it all comes down to recognizing human positive and negative nature and uphold/respect the dignity of one's life and other's life. If each person does not recognize and respect life, how can one respect other's life? We are all human being, so I think that this great evil event will be a turning point for great good to happen in Burma. And each of us should always reflect on what we do, act, think, and say. Let's us all ask these questions: "For what purpose do I do what I do? Would it benefit me and other around me? Would it create values?" Personally, I ask myself too whether I should boycott being a volunteer at the Olympic 2008. I will consider this deeply.

The world can be a secure place to live unless each single person is genuinely happy. For the sake of our happiness, let's join hand and one purpose to create a world at genuine peace and choose DIALOGUE to rid all misery in our heart and the world. A Japanese Buddhist monk, Nichiren Daishonin wrote (I paraphase it) when many people have the same mind, they can achieve anything. "Many in Body, One in Mind."

There are always reasons to everything. Speaking of Karma, it can be changed when we change the root cause of its effect. We know for sure that once we create bad karma, we will receive bad effect. If we do not want to see bad results, we should think about good causes to do. Like Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see."

I continue to pray for each of people in Burma and all life in the world to be happy, healthy, strong, courageous, compassionate, and wise.

Thank you very much!

LADY BUSH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR INNOCENT BURMESE PEOPLE OUR FORMA PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER AUNG SAN SUU KYI..SHE IS A HIGHLY ADMIRABLE LADY AND SHE SACRIFING FOR BURMESE PEOPLE SINCE 1990. SHE DESERVES TO LEAD TO OUR COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE HER KINDNESS AND ABILITY TO LEAD US.SHE WILL CHANGE THE BURMA WITH LOVE,PASSION AND FAIR DISPLINARY FOR US.

SINCE 1962,MILITARY GOV: HAVING EVERYTHING FOR THEM AND THEY ARE STILL GREEDY. IF CHINA HAVE ENOUGH KINDNESS TO THEIR NEIGHBOUR BURMESE PEOPLE THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING BEFORE TOO LATE.

I ADMIRE LADY BUSH !!! THANKS..
WE WANT PEACE, HAPPINESS, SAFE AND WANT TO LIVE IN NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
NO MATTER WHERE I AM I MISS MY OWN PEOPLE AND MY MOTHERLAND BURMA.....
BURMA HAS LOTS TO OFFER FOR WHOLE WORLD.
WE NEED OUR DIGNITY, LIVING STANDARD RECONIZATION LIKES ANY OTHER COUNTRY...
WORLD ARE BECOME SO SMALL AND I AMAZE BY HOW QUICKLY THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWING ABOUT BURMA AND BURMESE PEOPLE SUFFERING..NOT LIKE 1988!!