UnNews:Burma wants guns to combat Cyclone

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7 May 2008

Nargis is reputed as one of the meanest cyclones of the year. Here she is in action, rampaging across a part of Burma.

MYANMAR, Burma - In the beginning of May 2008, the military country Burma underwent a vicious attack from the natural disaster known as Cyclone Nargis. At least 20,000 Burmese people fell before the Cylcone as it swept slowly into the Asian mainland. Military properties and torture chambers were destroyed as a result of the cyclone's destructive nature.

Now, three or four days into the attack, Senior General Than Shwe has addressed the European Union regarding Burma's situation. He stated that the Burmese forces were currently unable to defeat the cyclone, and that they are in urgent need of assistance.

The General stated that although his forces were engaging the cyclone at the moment, they had so far been unsuccessful in locating its weak point. At first, the Burmese government had presumed that the cyclone would follow the classic role of a natural disaster; it would attack a couple thousand people before revealing a potential weak point. This, however, has not been the case. The cyclone is still destroying most of Burma and is not revealing anything that can be classed as a weak point.

The EU sympathised with the General, and agreed to send aid. The General, however, rejected any offer of food and water aid. When queried about the type of aid requested, the general replied:

We Burmese are peaceful citizens, but this is a crisis of the upmost importance. Our very existence is in danger. Unless we directly oppose this force, we will only be able to sit back and watch as we are completely destroyed by its power. Therefore, we request that the EU supply the Burmese military with weapons, so that the cylcone can be fought away from our homeland. We urgently plead that they give us the power to fight, to make a stand, so that we can all live in peace.

This request has not been without its criticism. Recently Burma has been the centre of attention during the past month due to their governments's tendency to kill any protesters who stand in their way (and this sounds mighty familiar). As such, many see this plea as merely a ploy by the Burmese government to allow them to stockpile enough weapons to support their own army against any more protests. Many even believe that Burma is preparing for war against the rest of the world; that this plea for weapons will be similar to offering a pyromaniac a flamethrower in a waxworks exhibit.

When asked his opinion with these accusations, Than Shwe stated:

Of course, there will always be those who want to make us seem like

a Mimic. And to them, I ask: Would you want your own country to be destroyed like this? Would you stand by idle as your own home was wiped from the face of the earth? I assure you that I wil not. Sure, I may decide to keep a...small majority of the weapons, but only in the same way that you keep nuclear weapons aimed at your close neighbors.

A spokesperson of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, Mr. Richard Horsey, made a statement the other day concerning the request:

Guns are not an emergency priority. Water and shelter are.

Despite this short statement, the EU council agreed to supply Burma with as little as 20 AK-47 rifles, as well as the standard aid package of food and water.