I am not one to advocate the overthrown of a government (he said, shuffling his feet, looking at the ceiling and then the floor, whistling off-key the whole time). But with the scale of this disaster and the incompetence of the government of Burma make me think that the UN would be doing the Burmese people a favor if it just said, "Screw you guys, people need help!", did what needs to be done, and then handed the country back to the people.

This is NOT a single country problem. With this many dead and so much destroyed, diseases from cholera to typhoid to God Know What are going to start showing up and affecting Thailand, China, India and the other nations around there. This is a WORLD problem, and the sooner the WORLD deals with it the safer it will be for everyone.

Food, medical and other help is right there, waiting to be let in.