"Burma appears to be calm and in a vicious cycle. The military crack-down on Buddhist monks, the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, the refusal of the junta to accept humanitarian assistance in the face of millions of deaths, the systematic violation of human rights for decades, the brute force used in refusing to restore democracy in terms of the mandate of 1990 Election - all these tragedies seem to have never happened. The desperate attempt to earn respectability and legitimacy continues. Unfurling a Constitution defying all norms and making a show of acceptance in an equally fraudulent referendum were only signs of the junta?s bankruptcy. The junta is running out of options. Fixing 2010 as the time to hold elections is the last card. The day of democratic reckoning is inevitable..."