It's a terrible, terrible tragedy over there...I think I heard that supplies are not going to the people that need it....

That situation is so sad. Great Britain sending some Naval Units but have not found out anymore. I cannot believe the world is just standing by and not doing more.

Burma/Myanmar has a huge army ... plus warplanes.

Making forbidden aid drops (water, tarpaulins, mosquito netting, hammers, nails, etc.) by planes would have to be low ... and slow, to allow kicking a lot of stuff out quickly.

Sitting ducks.

Some have suggested pre-notifying the authorities, daring them to shoot the aid planes down.

They could find that choosing to do so could be costly.

It can't be a U.N. deal - for the generals are good buddies with the Chinese ... who own a veto on the Security Council.

It's interesting that the Chinese are permitting much more foreign help than earlier for their earthquake disaster.

One person who'd spent time in that part of China not long ago says that the people in that area were unhappy with the shoddy building of schools ... thousands of which fell apart ... killing thousands of kids.

And that the people there were unenthused about China getting the Olympics ... for they were sure that there'd be even less support for needed development coming to their area than the meagre amount that they'd been getting, previously.

ole joyful

All this reminds me of the Burma Surgeon, Dr. Seagrave who worked with Stillwell during World War II. Sounds like a lot has changed.