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After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

After Libyan and Syrian civil war do people think that 3rd party involvement is a good thing?

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

After Libyan and Syrian civil war do people think that 3rd party involvement is a good thing?

It depends, I think Syria was a half hearted involvement, I think Bosnia we did actually do some good. Anyone know why Russia and China can’t be involved/lead a UN peacekeeping effort? Why block it, dictatorships good is their only thinking?

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #21
post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

After Libyan and Syrian civil war do people think that 3rd party involvement is a good thing?

There are signs and rumors that a 3rd party (here: China) is already involved, at least in the sense of "Go ahead, we will not do anything".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Myanmar_relation...

Libya and Syria: Same here, some 3rd parties are involved anyway. The question is if "the West" (I guess this is what you refer to) should/must/must not get involved as well.

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

No we do not have to act. It's not our problem. It's none of our business.

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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I wonder how international companies handle this. Sneaking them out of the country would obviously be in breach of local law but may be considered part of their duty to employees (similar to rescuing people stuck in a war zone due to a business trip). Why those executives were in the country is another question.

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Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #24
post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

No we do not have to act. It's not our problem. It's none of our business.

If we don’t act, we don’t get to say ‘never again’.

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #21
post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

After Libyan and Syrian civil war do people think that 3rd party involvement is a good thing?

Are you implicitly assuming that the civil wars in Libya and Syria started without active involvement by the U.S. and other governments and they got involved afterwards?

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #11

The world needs to act on Myanmar’s military coup - democratically elected leaders need to be restored and mass scale human rights abuses stopped, or it will descend into a failed state with tens of millions affected. It looks like Russia (and China) are vetoing any UN action. What are the alternatives?

We also need to do something about Iran, North Korea, Eritrea, DRC, etc.

Why Myanmar now?

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

No we do not have to act. It's not our problem. It's none of our business.

If we don’t act, we don’t get to say ‘never again’.

China has already ensured that with their genocide.

Re: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No we do not have to act. It's not our problem. It's none of our business.

If we don’t act, we don’t get to say ‘never again’.

"Never again" has never been the truth. Standing international policy seems to be to ignore just about any atrocities as long as they're within a country's borders, and to a country's own citizens, with a couple rare exceptions when there's oil we can liberate.
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