wow. do these people not understand that they suffered a tragic event and the world is trying to help them?

there are times to be proud and stand on your own two feet but when one of them is broken you need something to lean on.

The people affected by this event and the government that rules them are different things entirely.

well folks, we tried! lets pack it up and move on. we can only help those who want our help, and you bet your behind i dont want us to go in with force to get the aid to these peeps. lets learn from our present lesson.

It'll always be Burma to me.

I don't necessarily agree with their position, but I can understand why they wouldn't choose to trust the United States. As I'm sure it's been noted, we don't have the best track record for foreign relations (especially within the last couple of years).

And let's face it...it's a double standard if independence is something Americans cherish, yet we garner some pretty serious upset when others (usually smaller countries) choose to stand on their own. Tibet may be an exception to this, but at the end of the day, we're more of a Chinese ally than we are a Tibetan ally.

It isn't just the US that they are refusing. It is aid from the entire rest of the world.