Southeast Asia May 10, 2008 The case for invading Myanmar By Shawn
W Crispin BANGKOK - With United States warships and air force
planes at the ready, and over 1 million of Myanmar's citizens left
bedraggled, homeless and susceptible to water-borne diseases by
Cyclone Nagris, the natural disaster presents an opportunity in
crisis for the US. A unilateral - and potentially United
Nations-approved - US military intervention in the name of
humanitarianism could easily turn the tide against the impoverished
country's unpopular military leaders, and simultaneously
rehabilitate the legacy of lame-duck US President George W Bush's
controversial pre-emptive military policies….