The reporting from Myanmar by the New York Times that the State Peace and Development Council, aka, the country’s military dictators, are upset that Nobel Laureate and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hasn’t decided to roll over and endorse their phony election next year should surprise no one.

Myanmar’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been insincere and dishonest in her offer to meet the country’s military ruler and push for the lifting of Western sanctions, state media said on Wednesday.

Suu Kyi, who is held under house arrest, had tried to harm the government’s image and her behaviour had been “highly questionable,” said a commentary carried in three state-run newspapers, which serve as mouthpieces for the reclusive regime.

The 64-year-old Nobel peace laureate asked to meet junta leader Senior General Than Shwe in a letter dated November 11, saying she wanted to work with his government in the interests of the country.

In a similar letter on September 25 she stated her desire to work with Western countries and the junta to bring about the lifting of sanctions, which critics say have been largely ineffective because of the regime’s trade with China and India.

“Her letters suggest her dishonesty, and are designed to tarnish the image of the ruling government, putting all the blame on the government,” said a commentary in the New Light of Myanmar.

I’ll bite, how does one tarnish a pot?