Saturday, December 03, 2016

Burma--Rohingya

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/myanmars-leader-faulted-for-silence-as-army-campaigns-against-rohingya.html?_r=0

In a "delayed" action, Presdt. Obama lifted some Burma sanctions, which he and ASSK promised in Sept., however the savvy junta has already swung to an even more extreme position.

The West needs to realize ASSK's administration is really a facade democracy, and therefore no substantial difference has been made from touting "reforms" since 2011.

12-3-2016

Wow--Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief of The Atlantic--fromWikipedia

Many years after his first trip to Israel as a 13-year-old, he became a dual Israeli citizen. Goldberg recalled the sense of empowerment he ...