Rambo turns guns on Myanmar junta over cyclone
AFP, May, 2008
TOKYO (AFP) — Sylvester Stallone, whose latest "Rambo" film takes him to fight baddies in Myanmar, on Wednesday ripped into the junta's handling of a devastating cyclone.
Stallone hoped that both the cyclone, which left more than 60,000 people dead or missing, and his latest "Rambo" film would intensify pressure on Myanmar's ruling generals.
The cyclone "made clear how unprepared Myanmarese were, and how much the military government is ignoring them and not supporting them," Stallone told reporters in Tokyo as he promoted the latest "Rambo" film.
"As a result of Rambo and the cyclone, world attention is increasingly turned toward Myanmar. I hope that the situation will improve and am honored if I could be of any help," he said.
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