Comments on: One World, One Dream:Free Tibet! http://understory.ran.org/2008/04/10/one-world-one-dreamfree-tibet/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:17:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Thersites D. Scott http://understory.ran.org/2008/04/10/one-world-one-dreamfree-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-186129 Thersites D. Scott Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:55:07 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=917#comment-186129 Let's ask the President and other leaders to make their attendance at the Games contingent on Beijing allowing the Dalai Lama to attend the Games. (He said he'd like to go.) That would be a huge concession by China, it calls their bluff on whether the Olympics should be "above politics", and it lets them make the decision. Plus, it's a cleaner test that "talk to the D.L." (which would end as soon as the Olympics are over). Post on this, with White House, Presidential candidates', and Pelosi and Reid's contact info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m.s.-bellows/activism-you-can-do-send_b_96043.html Let’s ask the President and other leaders to make their attendance at the Games contingent on Beijing allowing the Dalai Lama to attend the Games. (He said he’d like to go.)

That would be a huge concession by China, it calls their bluff on whether the Olympics should be “above politics”, and it lets them make the decision. Plus, it’s a cleaner test that “talk to the D.L.” (which would end as soon as the Olympics are over). Post on this, with White House, Presidential candidates’, and Pelosi and Reid’s contact info:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m.s.-bellows/activism-you-can-do-send_b_96043.html

]]> By: dekerivers http://understory.ran.org/2008/04/10/one-world-one-dreamfree-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-186093 dekerivers Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:50:11 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=917#comment-186093 The ability of leveraging China to move in a more humane direction is one of the benefits of having diplomatic relations with the most populous nation in the world. We should not, and must not abdicate our role on the world stage. There is an old saying that “the road to the East runs through the West.” If the United States uses the clout we now have on the world stage, and in conjunction with our European allies, we can set again a tone and series of expectations about Chinese foreign policy. There are rules that govern civilized nations, and the world community. We have the ability to do this, since our primacy on the world stage is not in doubt today. But with China growing in economic and military power, that chance will not be forever ours to take. By banding together with leaders such as Prime Minister Brown, and French President Szarkozy we have an opportunity to make a statement about what we think is most important in the world. As China rises as a world power it does so at a time when open and democratic nations rule the world. To not coerce China to play by the international rules will set up a world struggle that we will soon regret. The ability of leveraging China to move in a more humane direction is one of the benefits of having diplomatic relations with the most populous nation in the world. We should not, and must not abdicate our role on the world stage. There is an old saying that “the road to the East runs through the West.” If the United States uses the clout we now have on the world stage, and in conjunction with our European allies, we can set again a tone and series of expectations about Chinese foreign policy. There are rules that govern civilized nations, and the world community.

We have the ability to do this, since our primacy on the world stage is not in doubt today. But with China growing in economic and military power, that chance will not be forever ours to take. By banding together with leaders such as Prime Minister Brown, and French President Szarkozy we have an opportunity to make a statement about what we think is most important in the world. As China rises as a world power it does so at a time when open and democratic nations rule the world. To not coerce China to play by the international rules will set up a world struggle that we will soon regret.

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