Thanks Berosus. He’s said it before...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3687049/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3687160/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3687910/posts
but OTOH he’s also said the opposite regarding the US:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3759880/posts
The Dalai Lama says whatever the money pays him to say.