After arriving in Rangoon the morning of the cyclone ,i was witness to the devastasion the city received ,the city is slowly starting to get back to normal ,roads have been cleared of trees and people are able to move around freely ,though there are major queue's for water and gasoline.

dan saxton, melbourne, Australia

Actually, the war has nothing to do with the forces that would be used for a humanitarian response, the US military still has stand by units and forces that would be used for this type of thing...

Mac, Pittsburgh, USA

Over a period of time I have collected links to various disaster relief agencies at http://relieforganizations.wordpress.com/ . Anyone is free to use the information on the site in any way they see fit.

Brad Banner, Merkel, Texas, USA

Trevor, Raleigh, USA

There is nothing great getting this honor. All u need to do is to be a pro democracy leader in the wrong side of your country. Aung San Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama are such persons. I think for Myanmar and its people, Ms Suu Kyi should give up her fight.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

swe, Yangon, Myanmar
V understand the country definitely needs aid in this tragedy. Aids should be given without conditions. I understand US will only give more aid if Myanmar allows a US assessment team into the country. This is truly unbecoming of a world leading country.
There is still hope.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

rc, NYC, USA

You are absolutely right. What is most important now is aid for the victims in Myanmar. Politics can come after.

Thanks at least some westerners are practical and have warm hearts.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Actually, the highest Civilian Honor is the "Presidential Medal of Freedom" which is what she received.

Alex, Pittsburgh,

The name Burma was given to the country by a repressive regime that occupied the country and treated it as a colony for some 150 years. Also known as the British Empire.

Andrew Milner, Karuizawa, Japan

People of Burma are in need of help from international community. It has no ways and means to be able to come out of this disaster unaided. China , India, Thailand and Singapore who have benefited enormously from this regime MUST URGE it to open up to the AID AGENCIES to move in FREELY to help us.

swe, Yangon, Burma

The Medal of Honor is the highest military honor. Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, which is the highest civilian honor.

Trevor, Raleigh, USA

Donate through NGOs. They are already on the ground.
World Vision, Red Cross, Save the Children, World Food Program. Dedicate your funds to Myanmar Cyclone.

Let's not argue about administrative fees, democracy, human rights and burma vs. myanmar.

Maria, Edmonton, Canada

Bush, Bush, Bush I hope Obama is elected to show all of you liberals that you wipping boy is not the reason for all worlds problems. Just like gas prices and the like it seems that liberals have become lazy in their responses since Bush was elected. Blame it on Bush but don't find a solution.

Chris, Montgomery, AL, USA

RC - I second that.

Tony, Reston, VA, USA

Ash,
50,000 people are dead and many more are homeless and in dire straights and all you care about is that people are not calling it Myanmar? Who cares?

The important thing is that right now these people need our help so give to your counrty's Red Cross/Red Crescent. Thanks

rc, NYC, USA

Please stop calling it Myanmar. That name was only applied by the currently ruling Military Junta, who lost a fair election and illegally took control of the country, repressing their citizens, and jailing their political opponents.

dkallen, Wichita,

Please stop mixing political topics and offering aid while people are in urgent need of help. It is just scaring the junta and delaying them allowing international aid going in. Priorities should be sorted at this kind of moment.

kt, philly, us

@ Ash: Myanmar is the name given to the country by an illegal and repressive government.

In honour of the country's people, I prefer to call it (and see it called) Burma.

Bas, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Please stop calling it Burma. It is Myanmar and has been for over 20 years! Otherwise let us refer to Rhodesia, Siam and Formosa.

Ash, Sheffield,

How is this possible? Everyone knows George Bush is capable of preventing all natural disasters and cleaning them up in less than 24 hours with no loss of human life. The Democrats told me so after hurricane Katrina.

John, Northampton, USA

Democrats are so pathetic. Blame George...the king of the world.

Dan, Naperville, IL,

In the Democratic response, Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) said that the Bush Administration should have been aware of the dangers posed by Cyclone Nargis and should have had equipment on the ground in order to spare lives. Markey noted that the costly war in Iraq prevents proper cyclone response.

wymck, Florida, USA