Tuesday, August 31, 2010

US Department of State -- ref. Burma "dictator in civilian clothes."

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/08/146439.htm

According to the very well regarded Irrawaddy magazine, the new civilians (ex-Army generals) are frantically buying up gold and diamonds.

Go figure.

Edward Gibbon--simple wiki--The History of the Declne and Fall of the Roman Empire.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire