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Case for Myanmar sanctions



Case for Myanmar sanctions 

THE decision whether to apply sanctions to Burma (Myanmar) for its human rights
abuses now rests with US President Bill Clinton. 

Last July, Congress passed a law calling for a ban on new American investment in
that country if its repressive government harmed or rearrested the democracy
leader
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or cracked down on the democracy movement. 

The president's top foreign-policy advisers are divided. 

For the sake not only of democracy in Burma, but also of American
credibility when
dealing with other dictatorial regimes, Mr Clinton should invoke the law.
The case
for sanctions on Burma is more convincing than perhaps anywhere else in the
world. 

If Mr Clinton chooses not to apply them, there is little reason any other
abusive
country should take Washington's tough talk seriously. 

The New York Times, Mar 24