The Bush administration was making noise on this subject yesterday, suggesting they would announce sanctions targeting the leaders of the junta and "those that provide financial support to them" which of course, would primarily be China, the local power who provides enough support to the brutal dictatorship to keep it afloat though somehow I doubt the Bush administration will ever take any action against China. How else would big business in the US deliver products that fail quality and safety standards at such a low price and who else would buy the Bush/GOP debt? What a pathetic and laughable threat, but what we've come to expect.
The protest today, the sixth straight day, is impressive because when the military junta makes a threat they mean it. The difficulty for the junta is the special protected status of Buddhist monks in this very religious country. Arresting, attacking or using violence against the monks could provoke a counter-reaction strong enough to promote a much bigger uprising across the country and the end result is unclear.
