UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will engage with Myanmar's junta in a bid to promote democracy in the military-run state.
Clinton made the announcement Wednesday at the United Nations after meeting with her counterparts from a number of countries trying to convince the authoritarian regime to reform, allow dissent and release political prisoners, including Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
She said the decision to engage Myanmar authorities stemmed from a review of U.S. policy toward the country, also known as Burma, was initiated after President Barack Obama took office. The Bush administration had shunned Myanmar in protest of multiple crackdowns on the opposition.
HRC is keeping busy, while OB is throwing the US people under the bus in his grand non-stop Apology Tour.
I'm no expert - not by a long shot - but, the people of this country have suffered terribly for a long time. It didn't just start with Bush. I don't know what other admins have tried, but if one course of action is not effective, it only makes good sense to try a different one.
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It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. ~Susan B. Anthony
