Dear Thunderbolt,

I enjoyed reading your long posting where you have touched on many important topics.

1) Need for Unity
2) Need to end insurgencies
3) How will we uplift the Educational level of our people
4) How do we take care of the people's basic needs during this transitional period
5) What kind of economic system do we want (is it going to be a "do what you like" market-economy or is there going to be some form of government regulation for and on behalf of the people's interest.
6) Need to solve family matters within the family (Myanmar matters within Myanmar if we do not wish to become another Cambodia).

I do not agree with you that the PEOPLE do not WANT education.

Have you gone around to every house in our country and asked each father and mother whether they want to educate their children or not.

I think there is a "silent emergency".

The people do not have a voice.

They are afraid to say what they feel inside because the normal man in the street is afraid of the government.

That is why they keep their mouths shut.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be free than to become involved in politics. That is what the people feel.

I think you understand what I mean as you have been to Burma/Myanmar many times.

You have eyes to see and ears to listen.

Personal observation is the best as news media can always distort the reality.

So let us disccus the above points in future postings.

Warm regards and metta,

Km