Yes, the actions of the military rulers of Burma (a.k.a Myanmar) have been atrocious - basically denying the victims of a cyclone international aid because they fear the presence of foreign relief workers on their soil, but to seriously discuss military action in this situation is ridiculous.
Yet it is discussed at least somewhat seriously here. But somehow attacking a disaster-stricken country to provide its citizens aid, just doesn't quite make sense. Not to mention that with forces committed to the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and the global war on terror, where these troops for Burma would come from is another question that Time doesn't even try to answer.
The situation in Myanmar/Burma is both sad and shocking - how a government could care so little for its own people when foreign countries stand ready to offer aid is pretty unbelievable. But to advocate using the military to force aid onto their country makes no sense. The aggressive, paranoid military in Myanmar would not stand by while foreign troops set foot in their country, even if their intentions (from our point of view at least) were good. The ruling junta would look at it as an invasion and would react accordingly.
The last thing that the victims of the cyclone need is to have a war take place around them.
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