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[Djinn]

On Bush's illegal and unprovoked war and occupations:

"In principle, I always believe nonviolence is the right thing, and nonviolent method is in the long run more effective... But, he said, some wars, including the Korean War and World War II, helped "protect the rest of civilization, democracy." He said he saw a similar result in Afghanistan - "perhaps some kind of liberation."

He also said in relation to Iraq it was "more complicated" but still may be justified.

I think DL should ask the woman of Afghanistan just how that liberation is going and the people of Iraq how "justified" they feel the US occupation is.

He is just another reactionary who believes in the fairy stories invented by people (to paraphrase David Cross) who were even dumber than we are now.

That western bourgeoisie searching for "meaning" having dumped conventional western religions see him as progressive just demonstrates the paucity of most of our understanding of the history of Asia and the sub continent.

In the early years of China's occupation of Tibet was the Dalai fighting for the rights of "his" people? No he had more pressing matters to attend to - calling for the donation of jewels and gold in order to build a new throne for him which would rid Tibet of "bad omens" for example.

He is a brilliant PR practitioner however painting him with a peaceful (unless you're a Tibetan peasant in the early 1950's) or democratic (the Tibetan "Government" in exile is akin to the ruling systems of Saudi)brush is farcical