Burmese exiles seem resigned to status quo

Burmese exiles seem resigned to status quo: "(08-17) 04:00 PDT Chiang Mai, -- Thailand - President Bush breezed through Thailand on his way to the Beijing Olympics last week and used the occasion to rail at the Burmese government - putting smiles on the faces of Burmese activists here.
This city, about 75 miles east of the Burmese border, is the capital of the Burmese resistance. And, as many Burmese noted, Bush's visit coincided with an important anniversary. On Aug. 8, 1988, Burma's military junta crushed the first major citizen uprising, killing 3,000 people.
'I want the people of your country to know, the American people care deeply about the people of Burma, and we pray for the day in which the people will be free,' Bush told a group of Burmese dissidents. The same day, first lady Laura Bush spent two hours visiting a Burmese refugee camp in Mae Sot, near the border."