New Post (27) : Permanent UNSC membership for India---not anytime soon.
Reality check…
India has sought permanent Security Council membership for years.
Obama fulfilled what was perhaps India's cherished wish for Obama's trip to the country.
Scoring brownie points for the USA and throwing up PR opportunities for the Government of India !
Quote : "The just and sustainable international order that America seeks includes a United Nations that is efficient, effective, credible and legitimate," Obama said. "That is why I can say today — in the years ahead, I look forward to a reformed U.N. Security Council that includes India as a permanent member."
WAIT. Not so fast. Maybe the Chinese have a view on this as well. A view that would count.
Nevertheless...
The announcement predictably so brought the loudest applause almost on cue during Obama's speech.
But it does not mean that India will join the five permanent Security Council members ………anytime soon.
Obama's announcement is more of a diplomatic appeasement than anything else.
Reality bites !
Meanwhile an India disarmed by an Obamaesque charm offensive and mesmerized by proverbial dangling carrots will go on to sign up on big ticket deals that will benefit (not surprisingly) select American big businesses. Resulting in a transfer of wealth from a "poor" India to a "needy" USA.
Charlie Brown
Monday, November 8, 2010
Burma’s elections-a sham & a shame !
New Post (26) : Burma’s elections - a sham & a shame !
Electoral democracy is a pre-requisite for democracy but it is not “sufficient” as a pre-condition.
Burma's first elections in two decades is both a sham and a shame designed to keep a repressive military government in power.
After nearly 50 years in power, Burma's military claims the first elections in 20 years are part of a plan to return to civilian democracy. True lies ?
Fact is…
The military controls everything in Burma
The NLD won Burma's last elections but the military ignored the results and forced many members to flee to Thailand.
The out of control military …….has done everything possible to neuter the (NLD) National League for Democracy, the main opposition………for refusing to expel leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The darling of the free world.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for most of the past 20 years, and thousands of government critics have been imprisoned. That is the bitter reality.
She is the Nelson Mandella of Burma. The M.K.Gandhi of Burma. The Martin Luther King of Burma---all rolled into one.
The free world stands with her and with what she stands for !
Charlie Brown
Electoral democracy is a pre-requisite for democracy but it is not “sufficient” as a pre-condition.
Burma's first elections in two decades is both a sham and a shame designed to keep a repressive military government in power.
After nearly 50 years in power, Burma's military claims the first elections in 20 years are part of a plan to return to civilian democracy. True lies ?
Fact is…
The military controls everything in Burma
The NLD won Burma's last elections but the military ignored the results and forced many members to flee to Thailand.
The out of control military …….has done everything possible to neuter the (NLD) National League for Democracy, the main opposition………for refusing to expel leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The darling of the free world.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for most of the past 20 years, and thousands of government critics have been imprisoned. That is the bitter reality.
She is the Nelson Mandella of Burma. The M.K.Gandhi of Burma. The Martin Luther King of Burma---all rolled into one.
The free world stands with her and with what she stands for !
Charlie Brown
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