The Rambo approach to Burma

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"Sylvester Stallone has claimed that his movie, Rambo 4, released internationally in February and available to Australians on DVD next month, has a serious purpose — to draw attention to the Burmese government?s long record of human rights abuses and to mobilize action against the military regime. Yet, its dubious entertainment value aside, this movie in fact has the potential to do Burma?s opposition movement considerable harm..."

Creator/author: 

Andrew Selth

Source/publisher: 

"The Interpreter" - weblog of the Lowy Institute for International Policy

Date of Publication: 

2008-06-20

Date of entry: 

2009-03-04

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English

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