Comments on: Myanmar: Asean nations have vital role http://burmadigest.info/2007/10/04/myanmar-asean-nations-have-vital-role/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:12:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Larry V. Harris http://burmadigest.info/2007/10/04/myanmar-asean-nations-have-vital-role/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 Larry V. Harris Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:42:04 +0000 http://burmadigest.info/2007/10/04/myanmar-asean-nations-have-vital-role/#comment-2581 The Burmese military junta will never negotiate. They have shown time after time that they will hold onto power by whatever means is necessary. They have trampled on the rights of all the nationalities in 'Burma', which was an artificial construct of the British Raj in the first place, with pieces of territory hived off from traditional peoples for the sake of their colonial machinations with competitors in Europe. Each nationality must have the right to self-determination, and then perhaps some form of inter-state cooperation might go forward. The Burmese military junta will never negotiate. They have shown time after time that they will hold onto power by whatever means is necessary. They have trampled on the rights of all the nationalities in ‘Burma’, which was an artificial construct of the British Raj in the first place, with pieces of territory hived off from traditional peoples for the sake of their colonial machinations with competitors in Europe.

Each nationality must have the right to self-determination, and then perhaps some form of inter-state cooperation might go forward.

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