The real intention is to change the situation on the ground through massive population transfers, making the Tibetans strangers in their own lands. Last summer the administration, supported by a united Congress, forced the World Bank to back off in its program of support for a PRC population transfer into traditional Tibetan areas. This point needs to be expanded. Beijing's plans for the west depend heavily on participation by individuals and firms from the democracies for the capital and technology. Without foreign assistance the Western program will be seriously delayed if not crippled entirely.
Clean hands are mandatory.
It's not often that a clearly right or wrong choice is offered for decision. Most questions are muddled, but here is a line in the sand. We are either with the oppressed, or we are with their oppressors. There is no middle ground. William C. Triplett II writes on national security matters in Washington.