"Laura Bush meets with Burmese refugees; Plays key role in advancing their cause" by Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post | August 8, 2008
MAE SOT, Thailand - Laura Bush also came out swinging in decidedly non-first-lady-like fashion against Burmese strongman Than Shwe, who remains entrenched in power despite tightened US sanctions, the turbulence flowing from the uprising last fall of Buddhist monks and the cyclone this year that left 138,000 dead or missing.
Meeting the media for a brief news conference at the Mae La camp, Bush noted that today is the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown that crushed Burma's nascent democracy and left the leader of the democratic forces, Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest.
You mean, CIA Kyi?
"Twenty years have gone by - everything is still the same or maybe worse in Burma," Bush said. "We know that Burma is a very rich country, rich in natural resources. And the junta uses those resources to prop themselves up for their own benefit, not for the benefit of the people of Burma."
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I couldn't have said it better myself, Laura!!!
