.::The double standards of Western countries in dealing with the occupied countries::.

 
 
Iraq Tibet
 
Date   What happened?   Date   What happened?
             
02.08.1990   Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait with tanks and infantry troops and seized strategic positions in the country, including the palace of the Emir.   10.1950   Chinese troops invaded in the Tibetan city of Chamdo, where they only faced minimal resistance from the poorly equipped Tibetan army.
             
    Within a few hours after the start of the invasion, the UN Security Council had Resolution 660, which condemned the invasion and demanded a withdrawal of Iraqi troops.       Subsequent appeal to the United Nations remained by the refusal of Britain and India because of "unresolved legal status of Tibet" unsuccessful.
             
08. 8.1990   U.S. President George HW Bush announced the immediate start of a "total defensive" military action, the operation "Desert Shield" ("Desert Shield").        
             
    The U.S. formed a united military alliance against Iraq. It consisted of soldiers from 34 countries.   1955   A spontaneous uprising took place, which was bloodily struck down.
             
09.08.1990   The UN Security Council had resolution 662, which declared the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq as "nullified", and demanded the restoration of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Kuwait.   21.03.1955   The population uprising on the 21st March was brutally struck down. According to exile Tibetan sources tens of thousands of Tibetans died.
 
             
12.01.1991   The U.S. Congress decided to drive out Iraq, from Kuwait using military force.        
             
17.01.1991   In the morning the Alliance started a massive air strike and this was the beginning of Operation Desert Storm.   Seit 1987   The European Parliament published since 1987, several resolutions concerning Tibet. It repeatedly  condemned the violations of human rights and religious freedom by the Chinese authorities
             
            Tibet Justice Center: [http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/ep/index.html European Parliament: Resolutions on Tibet
             
             
             
        23.05.1991  

The U.S. Senate passed a resolution, according to which Tibet, including those regions which have been incorporated to the Chinese provinces are by usual guidelines of established international law an occupied country whose true representatives is the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan exile government. The Chinese government then has being called to withdraw its armed forces from Tibet.  „Congressional Concurrent Resolution“
             
             
             
        15.12.1992  

In the resolution of 15th December in 1992 the European Parliament stated that the Tibetan people are people within the meaning of international law and have the right for self compensation.

Furthermore it condemned the military occupation of Tibet by Chinese troops and due to the threat of "national identity" of the Tibetan people's it expressed its apprehension.

Tibet Justice Center: „European Parliament Motion on Tibet“. 1992 (Engl.)
             
             
             
        16.03.2008.  

The Foreign Minister of the United States, Condoleezza Rice, urged the Chinese government, to show restraint in dealing with the protests and called on the demonstrators drain violence.

Der Tagesspiegel: UN soll eingreifen - Proteste verschärfen sich, 16. März 2008.
             
             
        17.03.2008  

The German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel said on 14 March 2008: "The Federal Government has always supported the right of Tibetans for religious and cultural autonomy." But it is also against all separatist aspirations.

Reuters: Merkel lehnt Olympia-Boykott wegen Unruhen in Tibet ab, 17. März 2008
 

to be continued .....