Senators Reach Out to Burmese with Youtube

ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf Reports: In a web video recorded today and posted on Youtube, Senators Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, have reached out to the "freedom-loving people of Burma."

"The world has not ignored your efforts. Each day more people become invested in your quest for democracy. The regime can no longer ignore the outside world as people see the images of your peaceful demonstrations and the barbaric efforts to quash them," said McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader.

"Most of all we want you to know that we, like so many others throughout the world, actively support your struggle for freedom, democracy and reconciliation. Your struggle is our struggle. The world is watching and we are cheering you."

McConnell and Feinstein have both tried to keep a light on the situation in Burma for several years. McConnell had tried to travel there, but was denied a visa. He and Feinstein were the authors of legislation, signed into law earlier this summer, that extended economic sanctions on the military junta that run the country.

In the web video, Feinstein pledges to keep up the pressure on the government there:

"Our pledge to you is that we will continue to press the military regime to release all political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and to begin a true dialogue on national reconciliation with all parties. We will continue to urge Burma’s neighbors with the closest ties to the regime

– China, India, Japan, Russia, and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations –

to put pressure on the regime to cease its attacks and embrace a peaceful political settlement. We are watching, we are paying attention, and we will not give up on our shared vision of a free and democratic Burma."

It is unclear how many of the monks and Burmese struggling against the military junta will actually see the web video, however, The CIA World Fact Book, for instance, says Internet access in the country has been restricted to government and some businesses, giving only a small fraction of the population and the junta itself access to the video.