Myanmar Video Reflection

After watching the videos on Myanmar, previously Burma, I have begun to realize the real threat of the current situation in that country. It is obvious to me that after the incident in 1988, the government in Myanmar has still not learned their lesson and sided with the people. These public demonstrations are made up of thousands of people, including a large number of Monks, who are peaceful and respected in their communities, yet the military still displays their brutality on these people and others in the open. It appears to me that the government in Myanmar has built the country on pretenses; the capital was built in secret, with the people inhabiting it living a life completely unlike other towns, and the military did their best to destroy all film of the uprisings. The government is now run by the people, but that too is a pretense seeing that it is still backed by the military. Myanmar is still far from democracy, and the world can only hope that it wont take more violence or oppression to reach it.