Then was when the cold war was fought. Both the USSR and the US had all the urges to grab any neutral land not fiercely defended by anyone to make military bases to deter each other. Imagine Tibet becoming a US base or USSR base stuffed with nukes. That was a reality. And India, with a fledgling democracy, tons of domestic problems and one brainless armed neighbour in Pakistan, was the last nation that could have defended Tibet for its autonomy or as part of India. We would have burnt our fingers very badly had we been greedy to annexe or defend Tibet. Have you seen the Tibetan terrain? Simple defense strategy therefore says that Tibet was safest with China, and a peaceful and safe Tibet was 100 times more worth than an autonomous or Indian Tibet. If Advani was PM at that time, he would also have done the same thing. IT is always easy to call names sitting in the Opposition. The Congress is no innocent child. They do the same thing when they are in opposition. To further explain this viewpoint, it is important to note that Advani did nothing of either Ram Mandir or Common Civil Code which he claimed all the while before elections. Six years was enough for that. He was Home Minister, was he not? These tricks are employed by all political parties, Congress, BJP, Left, everyone. People shoudl keep their heads and do a little thinking, otherwise, we are as bad as the fundamentalist fanatics we love to criticise. Never stoop down to your enemy's level, for that removes the disti
