Our military's response to the disaster in Myanmar...

Gates said the military was moving aircraft and ships into place to
help deliver humanitarian supplies once permission is granted.

"I cannot image us going in without the permission of the Myanmar
government," Gates said at a Pentagon press conference with Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen.

"It's all tied to sovereignty, which we respect whether it's on the
ground or in the air," Mullen said.

{EXCEPT IF OIL IS INVOLVED, OR IF THE PRESIDENT HOLDS A GRUDGE AGAINST
THE LEADER OF ANOTHER COUNTRY, OR, IF THE COUNTY MAY HAVE WMD, OR THE
CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE SAME, OR, THEY SUPPORT AL QAEDA OR SEEM LIKE
THEY MIGHT HAVE SUPPORTED 911 EVEN THO' THEY DIDN'T, OR IF THE COUNTRY
NAMED IS IRAQ, SINCE WE INVADED AND OCCUPIED THAT COUNTRY WITH NO
RESPECT FOR SOVERIGNTY OR RULES OF WAR...OTHER THAN THAT I CANNOT
IMAGINE THE RELUCTANCE OF THE DESPOTIC REGIME TO GIVE UP THEIR
BORDER'S SOVERIGN PROTECTIONS!}