Are the K N U Days Numbered ? (r)

[BURMAJAPAN@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 96-04-22 20:27:51 EDT, you write:

>What does the writer suggest the KNU do instead of signing a ceasefire 
>besides economic sabotage?  SLORC currently has close to 100,000 troops 
>in Karen State.  Failure to sign a "ceasefire" document may lead to 
>genocidal annhilation.  If any of us were the KNU, would we risk the 
>genocide of our people if a "ceasefire" were demanded.  Would we be 
>willing to sacrifice our organization for the survival of the Karen?
>I don't pretend to know what the KNU should do in this situation.
>
>
  Unfortunately, surrender may still lead to genocide in another manner.
 Apparently SLORC is doing what the Germans did. Raping women and having them
have a more Burmese child.  And Surrender does not mean forced labor and
murders of these people will stop.

>The writer has identified serious problems with the KNU. It is dominated 
>by an undemocratic older elite who are not capable of waging a modern 
>struggle in this post guerrilla age.  

  "If" the KNU guerrilla leaders are corrupted by money,  the KNU then MAY be
doomed.  They could wage a modern war IF the money is properly used to
purchase neccessary supplies.  Then they can be capable as the SLORC.   

  Some of these groups would rather die than surrender.