During the day on Thursday, the United Nations took the opportunity to criticize the military junta in power in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, or Burma. The dictatorships poor preparation, ignorance, and response to the cyclone before, during, and after it hit the Irrawaddy Delta region of that nation, has been taken to task by the United Nations. The international body called the actions by the Myanmar government, “unprecedented” and now is pulling its aid from the World Food program after members of the military regime in Burma seized supplies. Don’t be surprised if there is major chaos in this country in terms of a revolt or rebellion against the government in light of these recent events.

As stated several times earlier this week, the Myanmar government had to quell uprisings during the fall, and have imprisoned opponents, or placed them under house arrest. The elements are there for something dramatic to happen. More importantly as far as the world as a whole is concerned including the United States is that this disaster couldn’t have happened at a worse time with oil prices reaching $125 per barrel, and food shortages around the world that have contributed to instability in places such as Haiti, South Africa, and places in Asia. Myanmar is a major rice producer, and stores such as Costco or Sams Club have already placed limits on the amount of rice to buy while countries such as Thailand have pushed to create a consortium of rice producing countries similar to that of OPEC for oil in order to control prices on rice.