Obama meets Dalai Lama, defies China (discreet meet held in WH Map Room, not Oval Office)

Yahoo! News ^ | 2/21/14 | Stephen Collinson - afp

[NormsRevenge]

Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the White House Friday, defying China, which said the meeting would "seriously impair" ties between the two countries.

The encounter took place in the Map Room on the ground floor of the president's residence and not the Oval Office, which Obama usually uses to meet foreign leaders and visiting dignitaries.

"The president is currently meeting w/His Holiness the @DalaiLama in his capacity as an internationally respected religious & cultural leader," the US National Security Council said on Twitter.

There were no sightings of the Dalai Lama arriving at the White House and in a sign of its diplomatic sensitivity, the Obama administration ruled that the meeting would be closed to the press.

[NormsRevenge]

Sounds like they snuck him in the rear sallyport.. again.

[12th_Monkey]

I hope they at least had the courtesy to take the trash away before he arrived.

[NormsRevenge]

If Two Golden Children occupy the same space, will China be offended?

US president Barack Obama (L), pictured in the Oval Office of the White house in Washington on February 9, 2010,
and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, before a lecture in Tokyo on Novemeber 1, 2009
(AFP Photo/Toru Yamanaka/Mandel Ngan)

[aimhigh]

internationally respected religious & cultural leader

Another cult leader pumped up by the liberal press.

[browniexyz]

Letting him in and out the back door, next to the garbage again???

[DJ MacWoW]

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[GraceG]

Obama, 1st world TROLL,......

[GraceG]

[dainbramaged]

Another cult leader pumped up by the liberal press.
Maybe a bit more like a two bit hustler with a good agent.

[TexasCajun]

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The encounter took place in the Map Room on the ground floor of the president's residence and not the Oval Office, which Obama usually uses to meet foreign leaders and visiting dignitaries.

There were no sightings of the Dalai Lama arriving at the White House and in a sign of its diplomatic sensitivity, the Obama administration ruled that the meeting would be closed to the press.

When did it become acceptable for our national leaders to slink around like mice in a cupboard - in the White House, no less - to avoid angering the Chinese? What exactly would happen if Obama threw a ticker tape parade for the Dalai Lama from Capitol Hill to the White House?

[NormsRevenge]

A parade? Lol. We’d know how many subs they have off the East Coast,, as they launched LongDong missiles. A silver lining, of sorts.

[Talisker]

Another cult leader pumped up by the liberal press.

Your ignorance is pathetic.

[TurboZamboni]

Dalai goes into a pizza shop and says, “make me one with everything.”

[freebird5850]

Letting him in and out the back door, next to the garbage again??? Isn't there a certain holiday Barry celebrates with muslims soon?

[tet68]

That was my thought too.

[aimhigh]

Your ignorance is pathetic.

You apparently enjoy Koolaid. Keep drinking it.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Wonder if Obama got the same offer this guy did;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48G7Y0VWW4

[dfwgator]

Did they play golf, together? Big hitter, the Lama.

[dfwgator]

Was wondering how long it would take for the Caddyshack references to start pouring in?