Comments on: A bird’s eye view of Naypyidaw and other places http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/05/20/a-birds-eye-view-of-naypyidaw-and-other-places/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charles F. http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/05/20/a-birds-eye-view-of-naypyidaw-and-other-places/comment-page-1/#comment-652225 Charles F. Wed, 20 May 2009 19:50:49 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=5408#comment-652225 The satellite images show just how isolated Than Shwe and his cronies are. Like all dictators, he has built himself a gilded prison in an effort to hide from the people. If the power ever gets cut, and a few bridges blown, that place will rapidly become a mosquito infested hellhole. Nice. The satellite images show just how isolated Than Shwe and his cronies are. Like all dictators, he has built himself a gilded prison in an effort to hide from the people.

If the power ever gets cut, and a few bridges blown, that place will rapidly become a mosquito infested hellhole. Nice.

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