31st MEU, Essex ordered to leave Myanmar

What a pity. I really feel sorry for those poor Burmese people who are stuck with these tyrants. If the Left really cared about people, then they would have insisted that the Marines and Navy force their way in and help the people. Instead, everyone is just ignoring these poor people. We need to help, even if the world refuses to. How can we help?

31st MEU, Essex ordered to leave Myanmar - Marine Corps News, news from Iraq - Marine Corps Times: "Navy ships laden with relief supplies were told to steam away from Myanmar’s coast Thursday, their helicopters barred by the ruling junta even though millions of cyclone survivors need food, shelter or medical care.

More than a month after the storm, many people in stricken areas still have received no aid at all and the military regime continued to impose constraints on international rescue efforts, humanitarian groups said Wednesday.

“I am both saddened and frustrated to know that we have been in a position to help ease the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people and help mitigate further loss of life, but have been unable to do so because of the unrelenting position of the Burma military junta,” said Adm. Timothy J. Keating, head of the U.S. Pacific Command. Myanmar is also known as Burma.

The amphibious assault ship Essex and three other ships, which have been in international waters off Myanmar since May 13, were ordered to resume their previously scheduled missions on Thursday, Keating said in a statement issued by his headquarters in Hawaii."