1.0 link 101046 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/lets-bomb-myanmar--with-r_b_101046.html U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated earlier this week that he "couldn't imagine the United States dropping aid by air" to the million displaced people of Myanmar "without permission from the Myanmar government." "It's sovereign air space, and you'd need their permission to fly in that air space," U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen explained to reporters. Such airdrops of urgently needed supplies like food, water and medicine have been suggested by, among others, Ky Luu, director of the U.S....

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