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He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs?
  • And Why Is That?

    Why is it that not one country in the world recognizes Tibet? Could it be those governments, immersed in their own ambitions of greed and capitalistic crap, decided a long time ago that unless they were drawn into the situation, they would not get involved?

    China's government's behavior has been damnable and barbaric toward Tibet. I'm not proud that our government has even so much as registered a blip on the radar screen about it.

    But, hey, build a few sky scrappers and implement a socialist form of capitalism and the world can't wait to sell out to you, can it? The United States is a chicken shit version of it's self with wall-to-wall Dollar Stores and it's Wal-Mart economy.

    Why should we expect one man to be able to stop an entire country of bilions while the rest of us just sit here and soak up space?