Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Is Burma Changing?

US Diplomat Campbell Notes 'Dramatic' Burma Change -- BBC

A senior US diplomat has described recent moves in Burma as "dramatic".

Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told an audience in the Thai capital, Bangkok, that the United States wanted to see further progress on issues such as political prisoners.

But he promised that concrete steps taken by the Burmese government would be matched by Washington.

His comments came almost a year after Burma's first elections in 20 years.

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My Comment: Is Burma changing .... I doubt it. What will convince me that they are changing is when they permit this person to run for President .... which she will probably win again.

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