Dennis Prager gives his own series of answers to the question of why the world tends to ignore Tibet and indulge the Palestinians. Just a taste:
The first reason is terror. Some time ago, the Palestinian leadership decided, with the overwhelming support of the Palestinian people, that murdering as many innocent people -- first Jews, and then anyone else -- was the fastest way to garner world attention. They were right. On the other hand, as The Economist notes in its March 28, 2008 issue, "Tibetan nationalists have hardly ever resorted to terrorist tactics..." It is interesting to speculate how the world would have reacted had Tibetans hijacked international flights, slaughtered Chinese citizens in Chinese restaurants and temples, on Chinese buses and trains, and massacred Chinese schoolchildren.
One should point out that it is imminently reasonable that the United States and other nations of the world should treat China differently than they treat other oppressors. Elementary logic tells us to treat likes alike and unalikes unalike. It is hopelessly shortsighted to ignore the fact that the United States has a deep interest in the Chinese economy and that China has a large military backed up by nuclear weaponry. Also, China has a veto on the UN Security Council, so if one hopes to be successful in that body one must take Chinese interests into account.
This does not an apology for the Chinese and a condemnation of the Tibetans. But in forming a sound foreign policy, it is recklessly idealistic to ignore the power of the Chinese regime and its importance to our the United States .
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