Posted on 10/05/2009 11:08:22 AM PDT by Schnucki
Good grief. You begin to wonder if the man has a list of Friendly Leaders I Still Need to Offend.
The Washington Post is reporting that the Dalai Lama went to Washington this week – apparently expecting to be received at the White House – only to find that his meeting with the president has been “postponed… until after Obama’s summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month.” According to the Post, this is the “first time since 1991, the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington this week and not meet with the president.” The snub could be a big set back. The Post says:
[I]t could make it more difficult for the Dalai Lama to meet with the heads of state of other countries. China has launched a worldwide effort to stop heads of state from hosting the Tibetan leader. The Dalai Lama is to travel to New Zealand and Australia later this year and has yet to secure a commitment from their leaders to meet. “A lot of smaller countries will have the best excuse,” he said. “They’ll say, ‘Give us a break. How about the big United States?’ ”Never fear, your Holiness: Obama administration officials have termed the new policy “strategic reassurance” – or “part of a strategy to improve ties with China that also includes soft-pedaling criticism of China’s human rights and financial policies as well as backing efforts to elevate China’s position in international institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund”.Finally, Tibetan officials worried about how Chinese authorities would portray the victory in China. “They would obviously tell the people of Tibet that His Holiness was rejected in Washington,” the Asian diplomat said.
I can think of other things to call it.
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I always respected the Dalai Lama for speaking out against abortion and gay buggery. How did Richard Gere deal with this?
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She’s got a great complection, I don’t think she looks old, she looks very heatlhy ...
Hey Hollywood!!! How is Dear Leader looking now?
I’m not a loony lib and I’m a little irked at the treatment of the Dhali Lama.
She’s Lorenzo Lamas’ daughter.
Yeah, I forgot about Gere and Steven Seagal. I was thinking of the hipster frauds from my college days.
Audience member: “Can you give us an example of a leader we should look up to as a positive influence?”Dalai Lama(after thinking for a few seconds): “President Bush. I met him personally and liked him very much. He was honest and straightforward, and that is very important. I may not have agreed with all his policies, but I thought he was very honest and a very good leader.”
Also, the Daili Lama later said he "loved President Bush." And also this:
He also said he supported Bush’s “war on terror” because, according to him, some humans are just inherently evil, referring to the Muslim “extremists” Bush branded for the kill.
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