So true it will make you bleed -

Wise words from my wise counsel in California - Michael Surowiec. Like me, he supports lost causes!! Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:59 AM From: "Maung Zarni" 'You have to hand it to the generals for the way they are stage managing their way to legitimacy. They quit the army and become legislators where they are free to either be entrepreneurs by obtaining property and business interests or selling influence. They get the reserved blessing of the "liberal" west governments who put aside their concerns for human rights because they let one woman be the face of the opposition-- one against the remainder of their legislative body. They dangle Aung San Suu Kyi in front of the US who are only too welcome to have a reason to cozy up to Burma so they can thwart the advance of China in that area. They may be mean, cruel, self-interested bastards but they're smart mean, cruel, self-interested bastards.' Posted with permission from Maung Zarni. kmk