Burma’s oil-rich generals can afford to ignore Obama on Suu Kyi

Filed under: Energy , People President Barack Obama is trumpeting the stern criticism he gave the military generals who hold dominion over Burma, the resource-rich South Asian nation now known as Myanmar, at a meeting of Asian leaders on Sunday. The Burmese junta is one of the most loathed regimes in the world — a posse of paranoid, megalomaniacal cadres who kill, torture and repress their people with impunity. A throwback to the 20th century’s failed Marxist revolutionary movements, the junta relies on Burma’s vast resource wealth to maintain its grip on power. And it is precisely that wealth — which the generals capitalize on through bustling trade with China and India — that allows them to ignore Obama’s entreaties for reform. Continue reading Burma’s oil-rich generals can afford to ignore Obama on Suu Kyi Burma’s oil-rich generals can afford to ignore Obama on Suu Kyi originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Burma’s oil-rich generals can afford to ignore Obama on Suu Kyi

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