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Dali Lama: Iraq War May Be Justified
by SCOTT LINDLAW
Monday, Sep. 15, 2003 at 7:30 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may have been justified to win a larger peace, but that is it too soon to judge whether the Iraq war was warranted.
``I think history will tell,'' he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, just after he met with President Bush.
``In principle, I always believe nonviolence is the right thing, and nonviolent method is in the long run more effective,'' said the Dalai Lama, who after the Sept. 11 attacks had implored Bush to avoid a violent response by the United States.
The exile Tibetan leader, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, said the Vietnam War increased suffering and was a ``failure.'' 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.''
``The people themselves, I think, suffer a lot under their previous regimes,'' he said. But he was adamant that the United States not lose sight of rebuilding Afghanistan.
The Dalai Lama urged Bush, in a letter on Sept. 12, 2001, to ``think seriously whether a violent action is the right thing to do and in the greater interest of the nation and people in the long run.''
For better understanding on why the Dalai Lama may think the war could be justified:
http://www.gabriellereillyweekly.com/full/statedepartment.html
http://www.gabriellereillyweekly.com
www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3132067,00.html
It's already hidden
by semi-literate
Monday, Sep. 15, 2003 at 7:41 AM
Cut and paste corp. news stuff gets hidden.
The fuuny transsexual conservative woman links don't.
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by Dalai Lama
Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2003 at 10:57 AM
listen to me, im the lama, i ran from my country to go on tour, ill take refuge with richard gear, im a big coward, my name is dolly.
to you commentors
by a meditator
Monday, May. 10, 2004 at 4:26 PM
the dalai lama is a real leader, Bush should listen to him. If we had wiser leaders like him we wouldnt have such a bad state of affairs. and emotionally ingulgent negative comments like that will only bring you more bad karma.
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