Condi lets fly at regime's leaders

Condi lets fly at regime's leaders : "He added: 'I took the opportunity when I very briefly met the Chinese Foreign Minister today to say to him we look for your help on the issue of Burma.'"

We can do a lot of damage if we unite and try and "fix" a country. We know this. We have evidence. The words reported in this article are different sorts of words and they are what we are all saying around the world. We've noticed properly now and it cannot go on like that. We don't like it and we do not support it. Each country has the right to sort out its differences and difficulties, but when monks are killed that is something which strikes home hard in Australia. We have an incredible respect for monks even though we might seem to be an irreverent, irreligious lot. We have had monks visit us here. We have been to Asia and seen the monks .We been inspired by their unadorned life of service and their wisdom. We have had saffron robes wander through our cities and many Australians are stronger because they have spent time with these monks. So yes, that is the bit which has got home to us, because when monks go to speak on behalf of their people and they somehow end up dead, then this is something we don't want to see going on. No country is perfect and no country can stand there and say we have done so much better . We certainly haven't. Our history is not nice in some spots...but we didn't have a planet which could connect so readily. We didn't have a way of showing people how we behaved. So people fought on and it was resolved without dignity and it's something we are not proud of. We are sorry. We are truly sorry. That's the past. It's not pleasant, but it is gone. Our world operated differently and now we need to stand by the people of Burma who want to do things differently. They want what we have...a chance to live in peace and prosperity. I think they just want peace. They just want to be able to go about their daily lives. We have all known about Burma and we have all shaken our heads...but today, around the world , it is different. We do not want this fixed through violence. That achieves nothing. If the Burmese people are taken off the Net and mobile networks, it will not change anything. We know now and, this time, the Burmese people have touched us profoundly.