Our Government Should Condemn More Loudly the Red Chinese
Atrocities in Tibet

Our Government should be louder in its condemnation of the brutal supression of the  protests in Tibet.

Tibet never has been and never will be a part of China - Tibetans are a unique people with their own culture, religion, traditions  and history - and they don't even speak Chinese.

Since 1959 when the  Chinese communists invaded and occupied Tibet there has been a holocaust of 1,000,000 Tibetans by the the brutal regime, Tibetans in exile claim.

Tibetans are now a minority in their own country.

How hypocritical of our Government to condemn the invasion of Kuwait by Sadaam Hussein,  but to remain silent on the occupation of Tibet.

Would they like  their country to be invaded and taken over?

If anybody wants to know why China wants Tibet, just as the Middle East has most of the world's  oil, Tibet  has an even more vital commodity - water. Tibet is  the source of the Yangtze, Mekong and Indus rivers  that irrigate the lands of  three billion people in Asia. According to the World Wildlife Fund website the Yangtze supplies  40% of Red China's freshwater, is vital to more than 70% of its rice production, 50% of its grain, more than 70% of its  fisheries and 40% of its  GDP. By controlling Tibet and the three rivers, China can control Asia.

It seems strange the Liberal/National Opposition should be so lukewarm on Tibet considering  they sent 500 Australians to die in Vietnam in the name of fighting communism.

Could it be both Government and Opposition remain silent on the coninued occupation of Tibet  because the fate of the Tibetans, having their country and sovreignty stolen from under their feet  and their resources used  for the profit of others, is what  is in store for us?

Significant pro-Tibetan activists like Hollywood actor Richard Gere have called for a boycott  of  the Olympic Games because of the brutal crackdown.

The Chinese Communist Party is a crumbling edifice - we only have to kick in the front door and the whole rotten structure will come tumbling down.

One Nation says all power to the action of the gallant people  of Tibet in their efforts  to reclaim their  country.