In response to the violence, the United Nations Security Council called an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the crisis, but China blocked a Council resolution, backed by the United States and European nations, to condemn the government crackdown.To quote the narrator from Fight Club, "I am Bill's complete lack of surprise". In some more ineffectual, "international diplomacy" waffle-speak:
At the United Nations, President Bush on Tuesday announced a largely symbolic tightening of American sanctions against Myanmar’s government. The European Union threatened to tighten its own sanctions if violence was used. On Wednesday, the British prime minister, Gordon Brown, said the first step after any meeting of the Security Council should be to send a United Nations envoy to Myanmar.Symbolic gestures, as people die. So much for G.W. Bush's War on Terror - governments that seize power by force gain legitimacy aren't terrorists, so we don't need to do anything about it.
That's what Al-Qaeda should do to get U.S. troops off their backs - topple a 3rd world nation and rule as a military junta.
