Comments on: Common cause http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/ Guru = Pahlawan Tanpa Tanda Jasa Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Damian http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18568 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:11:39 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18568 Separatism is a funny thing. I don't think the "international community" really knows what it's doing yet. Look at Kosovo. A state has been created, with someone you could call a "narco-thug" as its head (and for which David Hicks once fought), entirely as a result of external interests. It's a broken record and one that no one likes to hear, but it's all about oil, gas, and geopolitical influence. When Pepe Escobar was talking about Kosovo a few weeks ago, he made the point that, if you view this as an exercise in independence, then Tibetans, Ossetians, Papuans and Kurds (and others) should all be jumping for joy. If they can have independence in Kosovo then we're next! And if the issue was actually self-determination - a human right - then they may be correct. But it ain't. It is frustrating that so many otherwise switched on and aware individuals continue to see these types of ethnic struggles through solely ethnic lenses. The reality is that such struggles are about other things. Phew. Anyway, I'm with you on google alerts. Separatism is a funny thing. I don’t think the “international community” really knows what it’s doing yet. Look at Kosovo. A state has been created, with someone you could call a “narco-thug” as its head (and for which David Hicks once fought), entirely as a result of external interests. It’s a broken record and one that no one likes to hear, but it’s all about oil, gas, and geopolitical influence.

When Pepe Escobar was talking about Kosovo a few weeks ago, he made the point that, if you view this as an exercise in independence, then Tibetans, Ossetians, Papuans and Kurds (and others) should all be jumping for joy. If they can have independence in Kosovo then we’re next! And if the issue was actually self-determination - a human right - then they may be correct. But it ain’t.

It is frustrating that so many otherwise switched on and aware individuals continue to see these types of ethnic struggles through solely ethnic lenses. The reality is that such struggles are about other things.

Phew.

Anyway, I’m with you on google alerts.

]]> by: Administrator http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18565 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:59:07 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18565 I'm rapidly developing an intense dislike of Google Alerts. I’m rapidly developing an intense dislike of Google Alerts.

]]> by: AndrewJ http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18564 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:36:53 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2008/03/27/common-cause/#comment-18564 West Papua vs. East Timor West Papua is a colony, members of the United Nations are legally required to call for its de-colonization. West Papua had held national elections in 1961 and the international community attended the inauguration of the New Guinea Council on 5/April 1961. West Papua was sold to Indonesia on behalf the of US Freeport corporation in 1962, Gen. Suharto sold West Papua's mining rights to Freeport in 1967, and the Indonesian military conducted the 1969 'Act'. According to Yale University West Papua is the victim of <a href="http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/westpapuahrights.pdf" rel="nofollow">genocide</a>. How does Tibet compare to this? West Papua vs. East Timor

West Papua is a colony, members of the United Nations are legally required to call for its de-colonization.

West Papua had held national elections in 1961 and the international community attended the inauguration of the New Guinea Council on 5/April 1961.

West Papua was sold to Indonesia on behalf the of US Freeport corporation in 1962, Gen. Suharto sold West Papua’s mining rights to Freeport in 1967, and the Indonesian military conducted the 1969 ‘Act’.

According to Yale University West Papua is the victim of genocide.

How does Tibet compare to this?

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