Crackdown

I was watching BBC News' live coverage yesterday of the Army's brutal suppression of the pro-Democracy protestors in Myanmar. I saw a group of monks walking with clubs of wood raised overhead, with a look of fury and violence on their faces that suggested that the protests weren't as peaceful as we were led to believe. (Although perhaps the monks armed themselves after the army crackdown began? Don't really know.) Anyway, armed retaliation against the monks and their fellow protestors began yesterday afternoon.

I wish the protesters success and peace, and that the military crackdown on the monks backfires, and that the military government of Myanmar is not long for this world.

Full coverage here. Hat tip to Andy for the photo and link.