Really sad, but unfortunately a very expected sentence for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader. The junta will basically use any excuse to keep Aung San Suu Kyi imprisoned, and this stupid....STUPID American, John Yettaw, practically gave it to them on a silver platter.
This sentence has drawn international criticism from many of the world's leaders, eliciting public statements from the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton, Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, Ban Ki-moon, and so forth...but really, its more of the same story over and over again. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years! What is going to bring about change? What can bring about change? So long as the junta is in control and has a strong grip on the Burmese people (a grip perpetrated by fear and disgustingly inhumane treatment, I might add), no amount of international criticism, words, or sancations will do anything for the situation in Burma.
Ugh, I wish I could say there is something...some incentive: economic, social, or otherwise that would drive towards change. But there hasn't been for the past thirty-plus years, and nothing has changed since then. In fact, things have gotten much worse. The Burmese people have had a long and sad history of colonialism and despicable military rule...where's the tipping point?! This is so frustrating.
I heard it is 18 months
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