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Rambo vs. the Junta

3:52 PM, Oct 2, 2007 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
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The quote of the day comes by way of Mike Boyer at FP Passport. Boyer's had some excellent coverage of the situation in Burma over the last week or so, and today he highlights this story about Sylvester Stallone, who has just left Burma after working there on a Rambo sequel. Stallone calls Burma "a hellhole beyond your wildest dreams."

"I witnessed the aftermath - survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off. We saw many elephants with blown off legs. We hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific...

"This is full scale genocide. It would be a whitewashing not to show what's over there. I think there is a story that needs to be told."

And if you think Stallone is exaggerating, Boyer also links to this report from Science Daily which relied on satellite imagery showing "clear physical evidence to corroborate on-the-ground accounts of specific instances of destruction" stretching back to last year. Where's Rambo when you need him?

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