Is It Time to Invade Burma?

Since the US sees itself as a social worker with a machine gun, I suppose this idea fits with that image. After all, after Iraq's WMD failed to materialize, the Bushies post-justified their invasion as a war of liberation, and "good news" from Iraq consists of a fresh coat of paint on a school -- nevermind that the kids were blown up by a suicide bomber. So now we're actually considering invading Burma so we can do good deeds there, too:

The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake; and the world has yet to reach a consensus about when, and under what circumstances, coercive interventions in the name of averting humanitarian disasters are permissible. As the response to the 2004 tsunami proved, the world's capacity for mercy is limitless. But we still haven't figured out when to give war a chance.

After the debacles in Vietnam and Iraq, it should be clear: only to defend America from invasion. Only.