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The White House is criticizing the Myanmar military dictatorship for its harsh treatment of peaceful, civilian protesters trying to agitate for for democracy. It is hoping that "all civilized nations" will pressure the government there to end its violence on the civilian protesters.

After all, when the White House asked the world to respond in Darfur they were so quick to pick up the call. I'm sure that the response here will be exactly the same.

US Blasts Myanmar for Silencing Internet
ABC News

The White House criticized Myanmar on Friday for cutting off Internet access and called on "all civilized nations" to pressure the military-run government to end its violent crackdown on protesters.

"They don't want the world to see what is going on there," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talked about the situation via secure video teleconference on Friday. They agreed on the importance of a planned visit this weekend to Myanmar by U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari and on "the need for countries around the world to continue to make their views clear to the junta," Stanzel said.

"They need to refrain from violence and move to a peaceful transition to democracy," Stanzel said.