[PAA-Discuss] The Tibet Card

[Edna Thompson]

Don't forget the class point of view. If Bush could foment a split between Tibet and China, then they can go in and not only exploit the minerals, etc., but also the labor of the Tibetans themselves. With a history of supporting out and out slavery, it should be no problem for the Dalai Lama to support wage slavery or even a return to the old traditions. I'm glad it is becoming clear that the Dalai Lama is no friend of working people.

Thanks for your comments as well.

Peace & solidarity
Pat
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron and Kris Graham 
  To: 'Edna Thompson' ; Discuss at paa-tx.org ; 'Green Core' ; 'Green Discussion List' ; MANDELL at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:43 AM
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  I find this paragraph extraordinarily telling, Pat:

   

  What is the reason behind America's sudden interest in Tibet, the Buddhist ideology of 1649 Dalai Lama preserving animal and nature (we certainly could be preserving nature at home) or is it what is under nature? Tibet has the world's largest reserve of uranium, and in addition to gold and copper, large quantities of oil and gas were discovered in Qiangtang Basin in western China's remote Tibet area[iii]. A friendly Dalai Lama would help reimburse the CIA subsidies, and much more.

   

  Do you suppose the Bush administration supports the Tibetan people for strictly humanitarian reasons or do you think they might be coveting all those minerals and that oil and gas? Hmmmmmmm.......I know the Bush administration doesn't do anything for humanitarian purposes. They always want to know what's in it for them. They couldn't care less about a bunch of Tibetan monks. They want what's in the soil. They also want to challenge China for sole superpower status, and they know China is on friendly terms with Iran. Any country, and especially one as large as China, doing business with Iran could control Middle Eastern oil and natural gas supplies. The U.S. government will not allow any other country to control the energy supply in the Middle East. 

   

  Thanks for your comments, Pat.

   

  Kris

   


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  From: Edna Thompson [mailto:pthompson1959 at comcast.net] 
  Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:27 PM
  To: graham2639 at mindspring.com; Discuss at paa-tx.org; Green Core; Green Discussion List; MANDELL at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] The Tibet Card

   

  I'm glad to see that somebody besides me recognizes that if Bush supports the Tibetan monks, there must be something in it for the bourgeoisie.

   

  While returning from China a couple years ago, I was told by a Chinese businessman from Shanghai that the Tibetan monks gripe with China dates back to 1945. When the Communist Party of China took power in 1945 one of the first things they did was to close down slavery in Tibet. The Tibetan monks were open advocates of slavery in those days and even had their own personal slaves. The CPC closed all that down and the monks have been fuming ever since.

   

  The Dalai Lama talks a good talk, but the monks have walked a crooked walk through history. I am suspicious of any ally of Bush and/or Jean Kilpatrick.

   

  Peace & solidarity

  Pat
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