Under Obama’s orders, the State Department has granted visas to members of the Burmese military Junta, including the Country’s foreign minister, Major General Nyan Win, who also happened to unofficially visit the White House during his visit to Washington D.C (Obama administration officials claim he did not meet anyone from the US government).
A visa was also granted to the country’s Prime Minister, Gen Thein Sein, who is attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York . Thein Sein is scheduled to meet with Kurt M. Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs to discuss US policy toward Burma, and also with Barack Obama for a photo Op. 
It seems everyone in the world other than Barack Obama is aware that the Burmese military junta has kept the country’s duly elected Prime Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi imprisoned since 1990, suppressed democracy, and is before the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, also acting under orders of Barack Obama, the State department revoked already existing visas from members of the defacto government of Honduras because contrary to Washington’s demands, it refuses to restore socialist President Zelaya to power, it matters not that Zelaya was removed via due process, and in accordance with provisions of the Honduran constitution…
As days go by, it is becoming increasingly apparent that there isn’t a dictator out there that Obama does NOT like.
Burmese foreign minister Nyan Win has arrived in New York after being granted permission to visit the Burmese embassy in Washington, a US official said yesterday.
A number of senior Burmese government ministers, including the prime minister, Thein Sein, are attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.
The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters yesterday that Nyan Win “made a side trip” to the embassy in Washington, but did not meet with any members of the US government.
Thein Sein, the most senior Burmese official to visit the US in over a decade, is leading a 15-member delegation at the General Assembly, which began yesterday.
Relations between the US and Burma are strained, although the Obama administration is reportedly close to finalizing its review of policy towards Burma, which has been subject to US sanctions since 1997.
Little is known about the possible outcome of the review, although US secretary of state Hillary Clinton spoke in February of the need for a revise policy in light of the failure of sanctions.
The US has been the fiercest critic of Burma, and ratcheted up pressure on the ruling junta following the sentencing of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in August.
US senator Jim Webb’s visit to Burma in July, during which he met with both the junta supremo Than Shwe and Suu Kyi, marked the first time a senior US official has visited Burma in over a decade.
He followed the trip with an article in the New York Times which called for an easing of sanctions in favour of greater engagement with the regime.
Critics of sanctions have said that increased Chinese investment in Burma has dampened the impact of an economic embargo.
HT Hotair
