Kat...I think that perhaps the biggest difference between our actions re Tibet and our actions re Kosovo have to do with the amount of real information flowing from the two places. Substantive proof of the Serbian atrocities are on CNN every day. We are the witnesses who stand by and watch and refuse to" get involved." Or we do get involved, with the willingness to pay the price of that involvement.

I don't agree with those who say our actions are the result of a blood and money-hungry military complex. Whatever is said of Clinton (much of it true), I believe he is highly motivated by human empathy. I think that is what is behind our actions, not greed or imperialism.

My great fear is that the only way to stem the genocide will be with forcible occupation of the country, and that many of the lives of our youth will be lost there...LEJ