Where are protesters now?

THE EDITOR: I notice the US and UK have both made strong protests to the Burmese military junta on its illegal detention of the rightful Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

I have not seen similar concerns expressed by Germany, France nor all those democracy-loving peace marchers who vehemently protested Saddam Hussein being attacked and ultimately, successfully removed from power (and thousands of grave sites of his anonymous political opponents subsequently and tragically unearthed.) Where’s the moral here? Why no thousands of marches protesting the election winner, Aung San Suu Kyi being imprisoned? Why the apparent silence from Chirac and Kohl, those holders of the high, moral ground? Wimps!

GEOFF HUDSON
Port-of-Spain