Early this week, a Category 3 hurricane struck the nation of Burma. That country is ruled by a military junta that was unprepared, or unwilling, to help cope with the disaster. As many as a hundred thousand people died and a million are homeless.
Many nations, especially the United States, offered to help. Their offers of aid were rejected by the Burmese government. The junta preferred to let their suffering people die than to admit they needed help.
Many leftists shook their heads sadly. “It’s terrible when a government hurts its own people.”
In the United States, there is a growing crisis caused by a shortage of fuel and energy. The problems could be solved by allowing oil companies to drill wells and by allowing power companies to build nuclear reactors.
Our government refuses to allow wells to be drilled or nuclear reactors to be built. Our government, just like that of Burma, would rather people suffer than allow others to help them.
