Regime change in Burma one way to get aid in

17/05/2008 09:57:09

Australia's Federal Opposition says it may be appropriate to force regime change in Burma if the country's humanitarian crisis escalates.

Opposition frontbencher Tony Abbott says there could be a humanitarian obligation to take stronger action.

"If the circumstances are extreme enough, regime change is appropriate. Forcible intervention is appropriate but people have got to understand just what a dire step this is that they are thinking about."

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