Currently, China is strong, in terms of economy and raw materials. No country can do anything. Raw material is a crucial point, even for America.
Rare earth elements are very important...
As for the Uyghur issue, it is a handicap for them to be of Turkish origin. Besides, countries don't really care, for this small number of communities, no country will take China against them. The Turkic republics, on the other hand, do not have enough military and economic power to confront China
Sure so I am just talking about break down of principle when it comes to realism (power)....China and the Uighurs illustrates it a great deal.
Does a country get to do anything it likes (even with its own citizens) as long as its powerful enough?
The US killed and negatively affected many muslims (especially in Iraq) for example on basis of fake WMD charge.
Iran has found itself in a big conflict in middle east against fellow muslims and is also directly responsible for many of their deaths now.
Have either had a strong collective response from muslim world at large? Would that not be first step on the gravity of the principle at hand?
Has muslim world stopped massive weapon purchases from the US, massive trade and commerce with them and large numbers emigrating there (and west at large)?
If not, is it fair to single India out? India is just another large imperfect country in the end....that is going through its cycle of self-discovery (as it heals, grows and establishes itself)... both good and bad.
The bad toxic stuff (inevitably concentrating in politics, as politics is the final expression of this since this is where power resides) you see now is from an accumulation of birthing pangs of modern India that were not addressed for a long time and left to fester. It happens...I dont like this part of the human existence but I am resigned to it existing as it does and doing my bit in whatever capacity to managing and directing it to a better routing wherever I can.
Overall though, given what India started out with in modern era and given its size, it actually has done a reasonable job in my opinion compared to global human average. It has enough within itself to see this phase of its journey through too without major bloodshed that has afflicted other countries (like China, Europe, US).
I can change this for issues concerning the non-muslim world....in the end the religion/identity doesn't matter to this being in all of mankind.
i.e it (fear driven tribalism and inability to stay principled in the political and geopolitical realm) is a thing that afflicts the human psyche in the end.
I would like people and entire countries to be as principled as possible...but people are in the end imperfect beings, especially those that often find themselves in the corridors of power (as their accountability is diminished even more). The power-class in general I feel most easily harnesses what is bad in their society....compared to what is good....because bad promotes fear which is the easiest route to unaccountable power. That is the nature of power.
The good in a country is mostly left for regular nameless people to carry on with and put in practice. One can only wish each country has enough of that to balance out what resides in its power conduits.
In any case, if you want to chat more on it....lets go to cay bachesi or india coffee thread etc.... I am going to let this get back to turk foreign policy etc.
