Washington Post: U.S. Delays Obama/Dalai Lama Meeting
By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country
The United States has delayed a meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, in an apparent attempt to gain favor with China, the Washington Post reports. Video from the Dalai Lama's first public meeting with a sitting U.S president, George W. Bush, is above.
Is this more evidence that promoting religious freedom, historically associated with left-leaning advocacy for international human rights, is becoming more a Republican cause? It will be interesting to see how pro-Tibet groups respond to today's report.
Background from the Post :
For the first time since 1991, the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington this week and not meet with the president. Since 1991, he has been here 10 times. Most times the meetings have been "drop-in" visits at the White House. The last time he was here, in 2007, however, George W. Bush became the first sitting president to meet with him publicly, at a ceremony at the Capitol in which he awarded the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest civilian award.
The U.S. decision to postpone the meeting appears to be 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. Obama administration officials have termed the new policy "strategic reassurance," which entails the U.S. government taking steps to convince China that it is not out to contain the emerging Asian power.
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Go Dalai Go beat Obama!
The silver-tongue devil has done it again--avoid the Lama to nuzzle up to the Chinese then get the Lama criticized. Amazingly the LEFT-DEMS are the most adept chamelons that I have ever seen. It matters not the issue or truth or lie the DEM Libs can spin it against everyone else.
Obama is nothing more than a community organizer, similar to those at Acorn. The Dalia should not dirty his shoes.
Dalia Oinks
Obama drop this money grubbing lama and send back to China. He is afterall a Chinese Citizen.
Two sides, try and just be one person instead of immulating a two-faced lying lama, if you can call him a lama.
Yes! I am enjoying all the money I get criticizing the likes of nazi sympathizers like you and the rest of this dangerous cult. Oink! Oink pig in the trough feeding on media frenzy,what a pig this man is when he oink,oinks his way up the staircase to narcissism. He makes me want to puke with his presence and lying all the time.
Buddhism is not politics
Because the Dalai Lama is mixing Buddhism with politics, he has not achieved anything positive at all for his people in more than 50 years! There is now deeper division, more blaming, more hatred, lying, isolation, degeneration, etc. than ever before. How very sad! He abuses the pure teachings of the Buddha for his short sighted political aims, causing havoc in the monastries and in his own refugee community worldwide. At the same time he is deceiving the whole world, making them believe that he is such a holy monk. How very sad! If he had stayed on the pure spiritual path that was transmitted to him by his Root Guru Trijiang Rinpoche, he would have achieved peace and harmony, and a united and proporous Tibet. But sadly he decided that he was cleverer and holier than his Holy Spiritual Guide. The result everyone can see, just chaos, problems, division, deception, and hatred. How very sad!
But anyone who is questioning the Dalai Lama and his actions is immediately categorized by his followers as Chinese agents etc.. Waves of anger and abuse, follow any critical views that someone might raise. What is the benefit of that? I pray that people start questioning with a virtuous intention, and try to improve the situation, for the benfit of all.
Religion and politics do not reconcile, never, - just allow history to teach you this lesson. This is irrefutable. Just look at the terrible results everywhere... How very sad!
Please Barack Obama do not support this trend. Let politics be politics, and let religion be religion. Tell the Dalai Lama that he should get back to his roots and again follow the pure spiritual path, he should humbly ask for forgiveness from his Root Guru and his lineage Gurus. That would definitely bring peace, happiness, and harmony to all. How wonderful!
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