US sanctions forcing women into sex trade, says Myanmar : HindustanTimes.com
So, are the sanctions responsible for women turning to prostitution….Myanmar’s junta on Thursday blasted the United States for its tough new sanctions against the regime, seizing on a State Department report which found the measures were forcing young women into the sex trade.or, are they not…
However, it conceded that it was not yet clear whether the sanctions were working, saying they were having “some unexpected effects” on Myanmar’s economy, which has long been near collapse.As is usual in such cases though, these idiots find blaming the US sanctions if the easy way out instead of admitting that the real problem is the military control of the government and the harrassment of freedom-loving people like Aung San Suu Kyi. No sirreee, since that would actually involve taking some responsibility for the condition of the country they are ruling. We prefer to blame the zionist, imperialists for everything instead. Posted by shanti at October 30, 2003 9:05 AM
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These sanctions were on the lines demanded by Suu kyi & her party NLD for the past 10 years. These reactions only show that pressure like this can work. If only U.S had implementated sanctions earlier rather than choosing to believe in the empty promises made by the Junta for ages…
Posted by: Gandalf at October 30, 2003 1:34 PM
I agree, Gandalf - I also found the reporting in Hindustan Times pretty disingenuous as they failed to mention the reasons why the sanctions were imposed in the first place on Myanmar and simply chose to parrot the official line.
Posted by: Shanti at October 30, 2003 2:19 PM