tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491095.post423501702583481449..comments2024-01-09T17:16:02.647+07:00Comments on JOTMAN: Genocide in the Irrawaddy Delta?Jotmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02485510513271661365noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491095.post-39316935563650874412008-06-08T17:55:00.000+07:002008-06-08T17:55:00.000+07:00Chris,Interesting analysis. Recent actions of the ...Chris,<BR/><BR/>Interesting analysis. Recent actions of the junta betray a broader strategic objective. The Irrawaddy Delta increasingly resembles not so much a disaster area as a vast crime scene.Jotmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485510513271661365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491095.post-54674070256131850852008-06-08T07:11:00.000+07:002008-06-08T07:11:00.000+07:00...apparently all or almost all of the land owners......apparently all or almost all of the land ownership deeds and records for the Irrawaddy Delta were destroyed or washed away by the floods, leaving the present occupants and owners of leaseholds and land in the Delta fearful of a move by the Generals and their wealthy Chinese cohorts in Yangoon to "rationalize" and "consolidate" agricultural land in the Delta, ie., to confiscate much of the land and turn the present surviving inhabitants into either landless peasant labor or economic exiles to low-end factory work in other parts of Burma or, better yet, Thailand, as well as Thai fishing boat workers and, for the disenfranchised females, "service" workers in Thai KTV's, massage centers, etc. <BR/><BR/>At least in those position, the surviving Delta inhabitants will send hard currency back to Burma without any expense to the Burma government (ie., a net gain to the Generals) and no longer be a population center that is historically hostile to the central government.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps this underlying motivation would explain the total disregard shown to the surviving population by the Generals. Perhaps, in their view, the smaller the post-cyclone population base, the better.........Kris Koleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824173523896494660noreply@blogger.com