Senator Jim Webb In Burma To Meet Leader On Rare Visit

nytimes.com:

An American senator arrived in Myanmar on Friday to meet with the leader of the junta there, just days after the country's pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was convicted and returned to house arrest in a case that drew international condemnation.

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Comments

[WorkingClass]

I would like to see Webb challenge Obama for the nomination.

[zukervati]

Webb's challenge to Obama in 2012 is certainly plausible and he just might pull it off, especially if Obama continues the course of neo-CON appeasement and the instinctive consensus building.
I am, however, waiting for John Bolt0n, the Bushie tr0ll to the UN, to start foaming at the mouth on how we are legitimizing these governments! BTW, don't get conned into it, since it's Bolt0n's cronies at the Herit@ge and the C@to institutes who are trying to lift the embargo on Burma so that we can exploit their oil in the Andaman sea!

[ddDinah]

I respect Jim Webb, totally, but I don't get why he's doing this and Hillary isn't? All the so called important trips to other countries WHY IS IT THAT MEN are sent? I'm TOTALLY DISGUSTED AT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRA­TION...TOT­ALLY. NO wonder Hillary is FRUSTRATED, NO WONDER. And if Obama thinks it won't go unnoticed HE think again. Seems the polls are showing AMERICANS TRUST REPUBLICANS MORE THAN DEMOCRATS. I'd like to see a poll taken from women, O would probably find that NOT TO MANY WOMEN ARE FEELING ENAMORED BY HIM THESE DAYS.

[Noelle]

This has nothing to do with Hillary or the fact the she is a woman. There are few people in DC that know that part of the world better than Jim Webb. Jim Webb has spent alot of time in Asia. He understands the culture and language and even has an asian wife and child. If you read the article, it also states that this trip is not "official" so like the trip to North Korea sending the SOS at this point is not an option. The Obama administration is handling this situation exactly the right way.