Dalai Lama On How To Handle Iraq: “I Don’t Know”
Perhaps a lot of suits in D.C. and the media should take a lesson here…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - When asked during a talk on the Purdue University campus Friday how to best end the war and bring peace to the region, he said: “The best answer for that, I don’t know.”
The near-capacity crowd at the Elliott Hall of Music applauded his honesty, a response that was common during his 80-minute talk titled “Cultivating Happiness.”
The 72-year-old monk touched on topics ranging from the state of the human race to his favorite color: green.
The Dalai Lama, who became Tibet’s leader at 15, was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama at age 5. He fled the Himalayan region in 1959 during a failed uprising against communist Chinese rule.
His efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and promote Tibet’s liberation earned him the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
Although he remains highly popular among Tibetans and is lauded in much of the world as a figure of moral authority, China’s government calls him a Tibetan separatist.
Chinese officials lashed out angrily at the U.S. after President Bush presented him this month with the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor. The Dalai Lama brushed aside the furor, saying he supports “genuine autonomy,” not independence, for Tibet.
The Dalai Lama has gained respect for President Bush.
“In spite of my disagreement with some of his policies, as a person, I love him,” he said. “We immediately became friends. He’s a very nice person.”
(AP)
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“The best answer for that, I don’t know.”
Well at least Dubya gave him something shiny to keep him occupied.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:39 pmLet me give him a little help. The answer is “win”.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:57 pmWhat!? I heard him to specificaly say, “bomb Ir….somebody”
October 26th, 2007 at 11:10 pmI think this guy is one of those people who is smart enough to know that he can’t provide a pat solution to a problem that he does not know all the details about. He knows there’s no easy answer, and to give one just for the sake of giving one is a disservice to the question itself.
That said, I concur with you, CPLViper.
October 26th, 2007 at 11:12 pmDalai Lama is very clever ; he goes everywhere in the western world ; euh, does someone recall if he goes to Darfur ? Anyway only wealthy people are invited in his meetings ; he gets plenty of numerous donations.
Well, I won’t say he is a warmonger, but he knows which alliances to make to be sure his ennemies will argues ; this kind of tension is good for him ; dunno if he represents Tibet, I was told there are may dalai Lamas there too
October 27th, 2007 at 1:52 amThis is pretty cool. My husband has a very liberal friend, you know, the one with several degrees, lives with his rich mother (at 49), has the sign in his front yard “Out of Iraq”, and believes in all the conspiracy theories that went to see him in Lafayette. He probably choked when he heard “In spite of my disagreement with some of his policies, as a person, I love him,” he said. “We immediately became friends. He’s a very nice person.” It just doesn’t jive with his “Boooooooooooooosh is Evil.”
October 27th, 2007 at 5:31 amDalai Lama is very clever…his claim to fame is 2 fold, he is a victim of the Red Chinese taking his little kingdom from him and he has managed to become the Jimmy Swaggart of the Lefty faux Budha Peace idiots that fund Dalai’s little travels in the posh west…too bad his x-countrymen are just out of luck!
October 27th, 2007 at 7:39 amThis guy is a fraud, he should be shunned by all!
Jim, LOL!
October 27th, 2007 at 7:23 pm