Prayers for Burma
May 5, 2008 at 4:30 pm (Uncategorized)
Oh, Burma. Life just is never easy for you, is it?
Reports now indicate that as many as 100,000 people were killed by Cyclone Nargis, which hit this weekend. The death toll has just been rising exponentially from day to ghastly day.
And in the wake of the storm, the junta is letting some foreign aid enter the country, but is still insisting on holding a national referendum on a new constitution in five days. “Out of touch” only begins to describe their sinful lack of compassion.
Here’s my favorite quote from a BBC story, which pretty much sums up how political violence exacerbates (if not causes) natural disasters:
“Where are the soldiers and police? They were very quick and aggressive when there were protests in the streets last year,” a retired government worker complained to Reuters news agency.
