Recently, there has been peaceful civil unrest in Tibet.  Imagine that, a country that is occupied doesn't like the occupying country.  So how does China respond?  By killing 140 Tibetans.  Then, they go and blame the Dalai Lama, the coolest most peacful guy on the planet.  They claim he wants to sabotage the olympic games for them.  I'm not sure how this is even possible, the Dalai Lama hasn't been in Tibet for forty some years.  How is he supposed to be leading the protests?  Whats more, the Chinese are the most oppressive people on the planet, whose bright idea was it to give them the right to host the Olympic games, which are supposed to represent peace and all that is good in the world?  Also, the Dalai Lama is not for the seperation of Tibet from China.  For several reasons I'm sure.  Number one, its not possible without bloodshed, which he is against.  Number two, it has to do with attachments and enlightment, this isn't a religious website, if you have any questions, just email me.  I'd bet there are other reasons as well.  So, what can you do?  Don't buy products from China.  I'm guilty of it too, but I'am recommitting myself to this idea, I WILL NOT BUY CHINESE PRODUCTS FROM NOW ON.  Please follow my example. 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/china.tibet/index.html

There have been 4,290 coalition deaths -- 3,983 Americans, two Australians, 175 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 11, 2008, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 29,395 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

I have a question, how many more have to die?  Why does America give a damn about this country?  It certainly isn't oil, gas hit 3.50 a gallon yesterday.  It isn't to get at Al Queda.  They are still performing operations outside Iraq world wide.  Just last year they attacked the UK, and spain in the previous year.  I've been reading Che Guevera's Guerrilla warfare recently and he makes an interesting point, a group of guerrilla's (Al Queda) cannot operate in an area without the support of the people in that area.  The guerilla's would need food, lodging, weapon's and at the very least, not to be ratted out to the government.  What I'm saying is, a portion of Iraq supports Al Queda.  Most of that nation is Muslim, so I'd say a large portion.  Somebody has to see those Al Queda bastards planting road side bombs, and yet no one will warn our troops when they approach the bomb.  So, we're not there to liberate the people from the Muslim fascits, THEY ARE THE MUSLIM FASCITS!  So what's left?  To protect American's from being killed by terroists?  Hmm, lets see, nearly 4,000 troops dead?  Then that can't be the reason.  Whats left?  Oh, yeah, Haliburton.  They are some war profiteers if I've ever seen one.  Billions of dollars each year on no bid contracts.  Nice.  So if the war ends, Haliburton's gold mine will be closed.  Do you think that the Iraqi people got to decide which company got to rebuild their nation?  No.  I'd even go so far as to say Haliburton likes it when Al Queda causes trouble in Iraq.  If the terroists blow up a oil well, then Haliburton gets to charge the American people a bunch of money to fix it.  If the terrorists blow up a bridge its the same story.  The American armed forces are there for one reason, to promote American corporations in the middle east.