US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma

Photo Ref: US President Barack Obama stands by Burma President Thein Sein as they participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, Nov. 19, 2011. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Washington on Monday to South East Asia countries. She is currently visiting South Korea and will visit Burma on Thursday. According to the State, Clinton will spend two days in Burma where she is planning to meet with government officials on Thursday and with Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.

 Some say the meeting will speed up political changes in Burma towards the road of democracy but others say it is so early for President Obama to send the Secretary of State because the new government has not shown satisfactory changes inside Burma. According to the recent report from Human Right groups, the Burmese military backed government continues to torture and kill civilians, gang rape women and turn thousands of villagers into refugees in campaigns.(The civil war inside Burma has been going on since independence from Great Britain in 1949.) The fact that Burma new government still put hundreds of political prisoners behind bars also raises suspects of its willingness to reform Burma into a democractic country.

Regardless of different comments, the coming meeting between two powerful women of the world has caught an international attention at this time.This trip will be a remarkable milestone in American foreign policy as well as the history of Burma.

Although Clinton's visit may not cause changes to Burma's situations right away, i do believe that this will bring good results. I also believe that Burma is in need of international guidance and support at this time.