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Quote by: lsbskins1  The difference, of course, is that I doubt Utah would take autonomy now...not even the Utes. It is something you can see as equal only if you want to see it that way. The US is not seeking new Native American's to dominate and I would be more than willing to call us dumb-ass for the mess in Iraq. And if we were trying to take back some ceeded section of Mexico and were insisting that they stip being Catholic and never ever wear Mexican style dress or other such nonsense...but this is all just a way for someone to blame their bad behavior on someone's bad behavior. |
Yes, and unfortunately the Chinese will do just that.
But in the end, historical hypocrisy is not China's trump card in Tibet. The West's hunger for trade is China's best defense--along with all those dollar investments in America. Tibetans are worse off than the Kurds of Turkey and Iran, politically, culturally, and almost every other way. But at least Tibetans have one thing in their favor--most still occupy their homeland in large numbers, unlike the American Indian or native Hawaiians.