John McCain Condemns Chinese Government on Tibet
March 24th, 2008 at 12:17am Mark Noonan
Yet another strong voice against the Chinese government’s savagery:
PARIS (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain said Friday that China is harming its world image with its crackdown in Tibet and expressed hope Beijing would seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.
McCain did not discuss the issue during a 45-minute meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but told reporters later the subject was “one of the first things I would talk about if I were president of the United States today.”
China’s crackdown “is not correct,” McCain said in the courtyard of the French presidential Elysee Palace.
“The people there are being subjected to mistreatment that is not acceptable with the conduct of a world power, which China is,” McCain said in response to a question by a Chinese television journalist.
“There must be respect for human rights, and I would hope that the Chinese are actively seeking a peaceful resolution to this situation that exists which harms not only the human rights of the people there but also the image of China in the world.”
The barbarians in Beijing have to learn that the days of bloodthirsty tyrants doing as they will are ending - while Stalin, Hitler and Mao could murder millions in secret, in the modern world of instant global communications, such things will get out, and will affect attitudes and plans around the world. The best outcome, of course, would be for the people of China to join the brave people of Tibet and just overthrow China’s corrupt oligarchy - but absent that, we can at least continue to let the Chinese government know that we are disgusted with them.
As an aside, don’t forget to watch anything other than the Olympics this summer.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Foreign Affairs, Republicans
14 Comments
1. John McCain Condemns Chin&hellip | March 24th, 2008 at 12:34 am
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2. LiberalMind | March 24th, 2008 at 1:45 am
I am sure n o one will mind when the “barbarians in Beijing” continue to purchase our federal debt so we can continue putting more dead soldiers in Arlington.
Yeah, those Commies over there…..keeping our glorious capitalist system humming right along.
Now while you right wingers go right ahead and run around and condemn the Chinese on your way to Wal-Mart.
3. Freedom1 | March 24th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Didn’t Hillary Clinton sit on the board of Walmart?
4. Freedom1 | March 24th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Yup.
“Mrs. Clinton’s Wal-Mart”
New York Sun
February 6, 2006
http://www.nysun.com/article/27089
I’m glad that McCain spoke out against China’s brutality, but I hope he has something more substantial in mind than words. China needs to be hit where they live, either their “prestige” in the world, or in the pocketbook. $$ and face are what seems to matter to China the most.
5. phnx | March 24th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Anyone notice that Hillary has been almost silent on Tibet? She has put out a statement asking for restraint on both sides. Sounds like she doesn’t want to jeopordize her Chinese campaign funds.
6. congressive | March 24th, 2008 at 8:01 am
And still Bush is attending as a civilian, not in any official capacity, not to discuss, not to condemn, not to negotiate… he’s going just for chuckles, right?
Riiight.
Kinda like Cheney honoring the dead on the fifth anniversary of the so-called war by going fishing with the sultan.
So?
7. Michael | March 24th, 2008 at 10:44 am
See, when Pelosi denounced China it was courageous and a great sign of leadership. McCain does it and it is just eeeevvvviiiilllll. Don’t forget to drag in Wal-Mart and Booooosh. Extra points for mentioning dead soldiers. I applaud McCain for his stand on this and only wish President Bush would take a similar position.
8. Joe | March 24th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Did anyone ask McCain the question…
“IF you were President right now, would you attend the Beijing Olympics?”
Mark,
calling them “The barbarians in Beijing” and comparing them to Stalin, Hitler and Mao is a bit much, don’t ya think?
They are bad, but come on now. It is sounding like you want to bomb them too.
Wasn’t it a few month ago that you said we had to “do something” about Russia as well (may have been in the Blogs for Bush days)? Not to mention we know your beliefs on what to do with Iran.
9. Macker | March 24th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
“Barbarians in Beijing,” eh? I prefer the acronym DFC’s myself….
10. brett michaels | March 24th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
That’s right.
It’s about time we do something to those barbarians.
Let me think of something we can do..while we all type on our keyboards made in china, and sit on our computer chairs ..made in china…wait wait…let me go down stairs and watch some tv…that was made in china…nah nothing on tv….
let me get something to eat…oh damn the utensils are made in china also.
All of you are just a bunch of cry babies…waahhhhhhhh those Chinese Barbarians!!! We are going to show you something…we are going to buy all your cheap goods! See! That will show you chinks!
You guys are pathetic. The entire time we were selling out our entire manufacturing base to a communist country and not a single on of you so-called conservative patriots said a damn thing about it.
Instead you criticized me for buying American.
11. Freedom1 | March 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Chinese Paramilitaries Open Fire On Hundreds Of Monks And Nuns At Tibet Rally
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3612661.ece
12. brett michaels | March 25th, 2008 at 12:13 am
[i]Chinese Paramilitaries Open Fire On Hundreds Of Monks And Nuns At Tibet Rally[/i]
cool lets celebrate….we should go shopping with our $1200 tax rebate checks and buy more chinese made goods.
that will show those barbarians.
13. Freedom1 | March 25th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Brett,
If you want to italicize a sentence, use instead of [ ].
14. Freedom1 | March 25th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Hmm. Let’s try this again. Use
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instead of [ ].