The Bush Administration Politicizes Tragedy in Burma

The Bush regime, which fancies itself the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong in the world, has once again stuck its nose where it doesn't belong, harming those it claims it wants to help. Here's what Burmese have to say about Bush's ironic criticism of the Burmese junta for its failure to act after a devastating flood:

Even Burmese dissident groups criticized the timing of the administration’s rhetorical onslaught against the junta—declaring that it made getting rapid relief to the desperately needy that much more difficult. According to the Washington Post, exiled Burmese political analyst Aung Naing Oo called Laura Bush’s verbal harangue “totally and utterly inappropriate. She is trying to score political points out of people’s disaster.”

Well, it worked with 9/11 ...