The West bears no moral responsibility for Burma's ills :: THE AUSTRALIAN
BURMA'S belated decision to allow an ASEAN-led relief effort may go some way to preventing the toll from Cyclone Nargis multiplying from the current figure of 134,000 dead or missing. Nineteen days after the disaster, the ruling junta's callous inhumanity and gross incompetence has kept foreign aid workers out, while more than two million people are hungry, thirsty, homeless and in need of medical help. ASEAN'S shouldering the responsibility suggests a welcome maturing in its view of its regional role.
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