LOS ANGELES — How much suffering must a nation and its people go through before everyone says enough is enough?

You could certainly ask that question of Sudan, which is relentlessly war-ravaged, or of North Korea, which is all but medieval-ized by a profoundly inept government. And you could certainly ask it of the ruling junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma).

To her immense credit, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton raised exactly that question in the course of her remarks last Tuesday night in Indiana after the primary election.