Why and how the US must confront Burma's Rohingya genocide

[Saiful Islam]

Pray tell where are these mythical civilised Burmese subhumans?

These Neanderthals should be offered no benifit of doubt and treated solely on the basis of their deeds.

Exactly, these are jinnoth we are dealing with.

 

[DavidSling]

Lol, Every time members of the world call for "U.S intervention" and after U.S does intervene they critisize it and put the blame for the situation on the U.S.
I say the neighboring countries should take the action and stop shift everything on the U.S

 

[Nilgiri]

Lol, Every time members of the world call for "U.S intervention" and after U.S does intervene they critisize it and put the blame for the situation on the U.S.
I say the neighboring countries should take the action and stop shift everything on the U.S

Nah neighbouring countries also should do no concrete action just like the US and whole world. The sounds of BD braying and crying sound too nice to us while "best friend" China gives them the in and out in UNSC too.

These BeeDees need to learn their position in the world by force...for a problem they created and exacerbated in the first place....and now want everyone to ignore/disown.

Globalist/MSM "feels" can take a hike (and they will given the precedent zionists realised under the US/western aegis that Burma also has taken lessons from and will lean on China and to some extent India and Thailand and other non-Islamic majority countries in region to provide). Myanmar is a vastly more relevant and important country to the region and world than overpopulated soon to be deluged BD anyway.

 

[Śakra]

Lol, Every time members of the world call for "U.S intervention" and after U.S does intervene they critisize it and put the blame for the situation on the U.S.
I say the neighboring countries should take the action and stop shift everything on the U.S

If banglerdesh can't even do something as simple as stop buying rice from the same country sent 1,000,000 refugees to them what possible action can they take. This is their sanskriti, their maryaada, to scream and yell for others to do something.

 

[Centaur]

This is their sanskriti, their maryaada, to scream and yell for others to do something

So now culture vultures will teach what is sanskriti (culture) and maryada(Honor)?
First eliminate your caste system,consider schedule caste as human being, then shout about maryadas(Honor). Atleast Bangladeshis are screaming for justice for those peoples,and some of brahministic Indian(like you) barking against it and teaching us your so called maryada?
What maryada? That maryada that was burning women on their husbands pyres?
And also first stop defecating on road,because maryaadavaan (honorable) peopels don't defecate openly.

So make some public toilet, then give those baby some food who eat on street with dogs, and then speak about sanskriti and maryada.
Some of you have really crossed your limit long ago.and specially your comments were always too much insulting to Bangladeshis.
Bangladeshi peoples may have some hype problem but now they are speaking about genocide, asking for justice and you peoples are mocking. Damn!

 

[Nabil365]

So now culture vultures will teach what is sanskriti (culture) and maryada(Honor)?
First eliminate your caste system,consider schedule caste as human being, then shout about maryadas(Honor). Atleast Bangladeshis are screaming for justice for those peoples,and some of brahministic Indian(like you) barking against it and teaching us your so called maryada?
What maryada? That maryada that was burning women on their husbands pyres?
And also first stop defecating on road,because maryaadavaan (honorable) peopels don't defecate openly.

So make some public toilet, then give those baby some food who eat on street with dogs, and then speak about sanskriti and maryada.
Some of you have really crossed your limit long ago.and specially your comments were always too much insulting to Bangladeshis.
Bangladeshi peoples may have some hype problem but now they are speaking about genocide, asking for justice and you peoples are mocking. Damn!

No point explaining this to kalar monkeys.

 

[Cherokee]

No point explaining this to kalar monkeys.

Says a 2.5 feet darker than monkey bangladeshi !!. Irony is dead.

 

[Nabil365]

Says a 2.5 feet darker than monkey bangladeshi !!. Irony is dead.

Add a metre to it.

Anday funday sunday
Irony is alive.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Says a 2.5 feet darker than monkey bangladeshi !!. Irony is dead.

LOL, I have visited India brah. And I can say with confidence "my a-s-s is more fairer than average Indian face with fair and lovely fairness cream applied"! BTW, I am Sylheti...

This is their sanskriti, their maryaada, to scream and yell for others to do something.

LOL, look at this undian. Speaking about "Sanskriti" and "Maryada"! Just google undian gender ratio then you will have a clear knowledge about your "awkad"...

 

[UKBengali]

Nah neighbouring countries also should do no concrete action just like the US and whole world. The sounds of BD braying and crying sound too nice to us while "best friend" China gives them the in and out in UNSC too.

These BeeDees need to learn their position in the world by force...for a problem they created and exacerbated in the first place....and now want everyone to ignore/disown.

Globalist/MSM "feels" can take a hike (and they will given the precedent zionists realised under the US/western aegis that Burma also has taken lessons from and will lean on China and to some extent India and Thailand and other non-Islamic majority countries in region to provide). Myanmar is a vastly more relevant and important country to the region and world than overpopulated soon to be deluged BD anyway.

How did BD create the problem in the first place?
Myanmar is wholly to blame here.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Lol, Every time members of the world call for "U.S intervention" and after U.S does intervene they critisize it and put the blame for the situation on the U.S.
I say the neighboring countries should take the action and stop shift everything on the U.S

Only USA can provide true diplomatic pressure to this isolated country burma. Which others just can't. Else, war is the only solution! War is inefficient, takes innocent lives and must be the last solution to think about...

BTW, no one asked for US military intervention but diplomatic...

 

[fallstuff]

The United States should sanction Burma for its genocide against the Muslim Rohingya people, and lead an international effort to assist impoverished Bangladesh in supporting Rohingya refugees.

That's my conclusion based on the testimony coming out of southeast Bangladesh, where over 500,000 Rohingya civilians have taken refuge to avoid slaughter in Burma. My concern greatly increased after I spoke, Wednesday, with my aid worker aunt, Pat Kerr, who has taken a team to southeast Bangladesh.


Kerr described the situation at the Shah Porir Diip boat station, which sits between Burma and Bangladesh:

"Most of the refugees who arrive in Bangladesh take a boat to this station, and then barter (for example, giving jewelry for the fare) or borrow money to get to the mainland. It is tragic to see families with many young children and all their belongings in a few rice sacks. One young girl was so traumatized she couldn't speak or communicate in any way. Some refugees don't even have a full set of clothes, many don't have sandals. There are more women and children than men, as the Burmese army is killing many of the men. The tales they all told were consistent: many men being killed and all villages burnt. The pattern seems to be that this started in the north of Burma's Rakhine state and is spreading across the whole state to the south. There were 20,000 new refugees yesterday and we saw many boatloads today so the violence has definitely not stopped."

Still, Kerr says, the Bangladeshi Army is doing exceptional work in providing for those in need. She references one officer, Major Tanim, who has established an efficient supply of aid and provision of security for the thousands of refugees in his area.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are also playing a critical role, she says, describing one camp where, "Every day, 12,000 children are given a meal of meat and rice. This is one of four sites giving a hot meal of meat and rice in the middle of the day. A total of 84,000 meals are served to women and children. This is not including the sacks of dry food (rice and lentils) that are also distributed to thousands, or the medical clinic with free basic medicine."

Unfortunately, it's not enough. The current global strategy towards the Rohingya crisis is the equivalent of bandaging an arterial bleed. More must be done.

First, the U.S. should lead a global diplomatic effort to sanction Burma. At present, the only serious reprisal Burma's government has faced for its genocide is the announcement that Aung San Suu Kyi will be stripped of the freedom of Oxford. That's a very unfunny joke. Considering the scale of this crisis, the Trump administration should immediately call for wide spectrum economic sanctions on the Burmese government and its financial industries. The need for this leadership is even more urgent in the context of reporting by The Guardian, Thursday, that the United Nations has suppressed evidence of its failure to plan and respond to Rohingya refugee needs.

Here, it won't be enough to simply sanction a few random Burmese officials, the U.S. must bring the diplomatic heat. If tough sanctions push Burma into the hands of the Chinese government, so be it. America should seek good relations and strong economic ties with all nations that share our values or support a realist U.S. foreign policy. But at present, Burma offers neither of those things. Incidentally, it says much about the nature of Xi Jinping's foreign policy vision that he is willing to align himself with a genocidal regime.

Second, the U.S. should strengthen its aid to Bangladesh as that nation saves those civilians the Burmese Army has failed to kill. To do so, Secretaries Mattis and Tillerson should send the head of Pacific Command, Admiral Harris, and the State Department's relevant Assistant Secretary, Alice Wells, to visit Dhaka and meet with top Bangladeshi officials. This would consolidate Bangladesh in the knowledge that its humanitarian efforts have not gone unnoticed in Washington. Bangladesh is often low-down in the U.S. foreign policy priority list, but that must now change.

More broadly, President Trump should prioritize the Rohingya in the same way that he has pushed Venezuela's situation up the international agenda. Utilizing his good will with the Sunni-Arab monarchies and recognizing Saudi Arabia's evolving interest in humanitarian issues, Trump should push those governments to increase their aid to the Rohingya (many of whom are Muslim). Additional funds are specifically needed in order to provide the Rohingya with longer-term shelter in Bangladesh. Kerr notes that one need in the camps is a "nighttime service for pregnant women and those in labor, because at the moment, the NGOs only offer treatment during the day."

Ultimately, this isn't that complicated a foreign policy issue. America doesn't need to keep the Burmese government happy, but we must confront this human suffering.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/w...ront-burmas-rohingya-genocide/article/2636643

The Piper wants a price. What are you willing to pay for it ?

Lol, Every time members of the world call for "U.S intervention" and after U.S does intervene they critisize it and put the blame for the situation on the U.S.
I say the neighboring countries should take the action and stop shift everything on the U.S

Interesting that it comes from an Israeli poster. Netanyahoo ring any bell in ya buddy ?

 

[DavidSling]

The Piper wants a price. What are you willing to pay for it ?



Interesting that it comes from an Israeli poster. Netanyahoo ring any bell in ya buddy ?

Iran threaten both the U.S and Israel, Myamnar doesn't threat neither so I don't see why U.S should intervene

 

[fallstuff]

Iran threaten both the U.S and Israel, Myamnar doesn't threat neither so I don't see why U.S should intervene

I assume you are referring to MEMRI ( a retired Mossad outfit, sort of like Black Cube which does the dirty work for Harvey WEINSTEIN , known for sexually assaulting Christian women ) translated Iranian threat to Israel which has been debunked many times.

 

[Banglar Bir]

Tillerson to deliver warning in Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
AFP
Published at 09:13 AM November 13, 2017

Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they wait for permission from Border Guard Bangladesh to continue after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar on November 9, 2017 Reuters
The United Nations has denounced the campaign, including allegations of killings and mass rape, as 'ethnic cleansing'
In the face of widespread “atrocities” against ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar, the United States has been cautiously stepping up pressure on that country’s army, while taking care to avoid endangering the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

As the US takes a more active role in the region — several American delegations have passed through in recent weeks — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to travel to Myanmar on Wednesday to meet Suu Kyi, the nation’s leader, as well as army chief General Min Aung Hlaing.

Myanmar is the country formerly known as Burma.

Tillerson is expected to adopt a firm tone with military leaders there, whom he has deemed “responsible” for the crisis facing the Rohingya, an embattled Muslim minority that has seen more than 600,000 of its members flee to neighbouring Bangladesh in two and a half months.

In the name of putting down a supposed Rohingya rebellion, the army has since late August waged a sweeping military campaign in the western state of Rakhine, burning villages and sending thousands into what has become the largest exodus in today’s world.

The United Nations has denounced the campaign, including allegations of killings and mass rape, as “ethnic cleansing.”
‘Shocking’ scenes
Recently returned from Myanmar and the overflowing refugee camps in Bangladesh, Simon Henshaw, the State Department official responsible for refugee and migration issues, said the scene in the camps was “shocking.”

“The scale of the refugee crisis is immense,” he said, adding: “The conditions are tough. People are suffering.”
“Many refugees told us, through tears, accounts of seeing their villages burned, their relatives killed in front of them,” Henshaw said.

“The world can’t just stand by and be witness to the atrocities that are being reported in that area,” Tillerson said last month.

But it is unclear what steps the United States might take. Up to now, the State Department has merely strengthened a few punitive measures aimed at Myanmar’s army.
‘Little concrete action’
The initial condemnations were “important,” Sarah Margon of the organization Human Rights Watch told AFP, “but they stopped and there has been very little concrete action since then.”

She called for targeted economic sanctions meant to bring an end to “some of the most brutal and horrific atrocities that have been seen in years.”

In the absence of more determined action from the White House or State Department, several members of the US Congress are calling for sanctions to limit military cooperation with Myanmar and ban its army members from US soil. A draft bill would also ban the importation of rubies or jade from the country.

“The bill is an important, although belated, first step in pushing the Myanmar military to end the violence in Rakhine state,” said Joshua Kurlantzick of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. Now, he said, other parts of the government “should take action as well.”
The State Department has not ruled out supporting further sanctions.

But the United States has been careful not to place blame on Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing a line between the military and the civilian government led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

While Suu Kyi has faced considerable criticism abroad for her apparent lack of empathy for the Rohingya, Washington has reaffirmed its support for her, saluting her commitment to allow the peaceful return of refugees.
A swipe at Suu Kyi
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, did however take a side swipe at Suu Kyi, saying the situation in her country “should shame senior Myanmar leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open, democratic Myanmar.”

The United States wants to support “the transition to a civilian government (but) make sure there’s no backsliding,” said a senior State Department official, speaking on background while emphasizing that Suu Kyi, once a dissident, has to deal with an army that ruled unchallenged for nearly a half-century.

And new sanctions could be taken badly in Myanmar, said historian Thant Myint-U. In the past, he told AFP, sanctions “made any transition to democracy less likely to succeed, and entrenched the isolation that is at the heart of all of Myanmar’s problems.”

Margon of Human Rights Watch acknowledged that Myanmar is in “really a difficult, delicate balance,” and added that the civilian government had been “very disappointing” in its handling of the refugee crisis.

Still, she added, “they are not the ones committing the atrocities, they are not the ones responsible for the ethnic cleansing.”

But Margon and, separately, Kurlantzick said the United States could privately deliver a stern message to Suu Kyi on the urgent need to do more.

Kurlantzick said Tillerson should warn the country’s generals that tougher multinational sanctions could ensue unless the violence stops, even while he cautions civilian leaders that they “are not necessarily exempt” from new sanctions.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2017/11/13/227823/