Is it Time to Forcibly Overthrow the Myanmar Junta?

A devastating cyclone has killed a hundred thousand people. Hundreds of thousands more are displaced. Many more need food and urgent medical attention. The world has poured its support for the victims of the disaster, billions in aid is being sent overseas on a massive international effort. So what's the hold up? A diminutive junta, or regime instituted by military coup, that refers to themselves as Myanmar, who is refusing international aid. The response? A fierce criticizing, and a compliant United Nations.

With millions of people in desperate need of international aid, and thugs with rifles refusing the assistance, the question that should remain on the tips of everyone's tongues is: is the sovereign rights of the junta worth the lives of the hundreds of thousands who will die without this medical care? The obvious answer should be no - and therefore it is time to begin seriously considering bringing the aid in by force: and what's more, seeing to the end of the military regime.

This is not the first time in recent days that the military government has become the highlight of international news, as their brutal response to a peaceful protest by Buddhist monks was looked upon with disgust by a global community that once more sat by and did nothing as the death tolls rose while Myanmar troops "restored order" by firing machine guns into crowded and busy streets, justifying their attacks in the only way they felt appropriate: cold silence.

This marks the second time in twelve months that the world has stood in awe at the simple ferocity of the government that exists without the consent of the people, who is literally snatching humanitarian aid intended for victims of a terrible natural disaster, and turning away others.