I beleive that’s it works better if your talk people into cooperation than beat them into submission.
American has done a lot of good in the world. However, that in no way excuses the harm we’ve inflicted on people over the years. I beleive in doing what’s right. I won’t debate this point further because hawks will always believe in strong arms tactics.
I’ve been to China, while I don’t defend China, China’s actions in Tibet in the 20th century is very much like how we conquered the West in the 19th century.
While Tibetans might not like Chinese rule, China has brought relative prosperity to Tibet. People there live better than Tibetans in India. As far as Xingjiang (the predominantly muslin province) is concerned, people there live much better than in neighboring Uzbekistan and Takjikistan.
Sad as it sounds, Tibetans in Tibet, and Uugurs in Xingjiang will end-up like Hispanics in the American west — an underclass in their original land (but better off than they would be as part of Mexico or as an independent state? ).
