Gregory
2008-04-03 01:25:15
Let me say upfront that I do not have a horse in this race. Nor does my father, for that matter. And I tend towards the general consensus that China is behaving rather shamefully, and needs to have a swift kick to the… well, somewhere.
That being said, the decision whether or not Tibet is part of China or not is a question of realpolitik, I’m afraid. If China used its full power to crush Tibet and Tibetans, do you seriously think that the rest of the world is going to say much? No? Well, I didn’t think so either.
At a time, the USA was part of the British Empire. Until some folk decided that they weren’t any more, took up guns and enforced their decision. However, if the Empire had won, what then?
