tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36205037.post3746192007823425466..comments2024-01-10T13:37:09.777-07:00Comments on Old Blog Archive: Burma Hates FreedomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01685900433875775382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36205037.post-30017402489170996072007-01-23T20:11:00.000-07:002007-01-23T20:11:00.000-07:00If the memo is a fake, it was made in order to con...If the memo is a fake, it was made in order to convince the powers that be in the west that the whole thing be labeled "genocide". There's no doubt that the violence is deliberately perpetrated by the junta, the conspiracy is blatantly obvious to anyone who cares to look. But genocide is a magic word, and that requires proving that the government sponsored violence is pre-meditated at the highest levels. The semantics have no bearing on the truth - whether it's planned in writing or systematically perpetrated through disparate policies and propaganda that result in violence - ethnic cleansing is happening there. But the complicated reality doesn't always play so well to some audiences. But secret memos are key.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com