Laura Bush on Burma:
The Burmese I’ve met, they want our affection.
As Kerry Howley, an old Burma hand herself, rightly asks, “Are they puppies?”. She explains how the US has, alas, become useful for the Burmese junta and how all Mrs Bush’s concern won’t/can’t change that.

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