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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Send an aircraft carrier to do what? What is to be done? The Chinese at least might have some leverage.
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That's how he rattled the sword with Iran; it's highlighting the relative priority he's giving Burma versus Iran.
It at least shows a state of readiness, though I think, like Iran, it would quickly be read as a bluff. After all, we generally don't intervene in other countries' affairs for humanitarian reasons.
But don't count on the Chinese for squat other than window dressing. I suspect they find it quite comfortable to have a regime that is more blatantly and openly repressive than they are right on their doorstep. Keeps people focused elsewhere. There's more reason to work with India or Thailand.
