US President George W. Bush will risk angering China by attending a ceremony next week to award a Congress medal to the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, at the bastion of American democracy.
Barely a month after China strongly protested German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting with the Dalai Lama, the White House said Wednesday that Bush and his wife will participate in the landmark event for the 72-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader at the Capitol building next Wednesday.
"The president and Mrs Laura Bush will attend the ceremony," national security council spokesman Gordon Johndroe told AFP.
It goes against every fiber of my being to say anything positive about this President, but this is a very good thing.
Just for the record it does not change my opinion about the other things he has done however.
Still I have to give mad props here.
Let's just hope he doesn't start giving the Dalai Lama a neck massage or imply that he is 200 yrs old ... just keeping the food in his mouth during the awards dinner would be an achievement.
ReplyDeleteYeah the bar is kind of low.
ReplyDeletethe bar is very low...indeed..
ReplyDeleteNow about the Dali Lama...well, I think what else helps...is that Laura came out this week and said some pretty strong statements about the Monks in Burma...and that made georgie look bad..or worse..than usual..