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Until now the Dalai Lama had been blowing smoke up the *** of people around the world.  But hypocrisy can only survive that long. 

Though I'm no champion of China either,  yet I couldn't agree more with the recent statement of the Chinese ambassador to Canada that "the Dalai Lama has been lying to the world" being entirely responsible for the recent violence in his homeland.
 
The Tibetan spiritual leader has since long been projecting his values as a goodie-goodie, mild, humble and peace-loving 'package.'  However, in the wake of the recent turmoil in Tibet, his carefully structured image of a peace-lover has gone into the ditch.  Though the West supports him blindly, portraying him a "man of peace" and throwing the blame squarely on China, the incompatibility between the Dalai Lama's words and actions has been unveiled like a dirty piece of linen hidden in the closet all this while. 
 
The West's persistent support for the Tibetan uprising and determination to define it as a "peaceful" move exposes their brazen double standards yet again .. a foregone conclusion, which they no longer desire to conceal.   Despite their reporting being so partisan, it was enough to expose the Dalai Lama's deceptive stance.  The Western media upholds that the Chinese law enforcement agencies cracked down on "peaceful Tibetan demonstrators."  Again, despite such distortions, the truth was easy to perceive.  The television images didn't show any peaceful Tibetan demonstrators.  What we saw as large as life was the unprovoked Tibetan mob kicking and breaking shop-windows and doors with sticks, carrying knives somewhat like machetes and the Buddhist monks in possession of large collections of rocks which they were angrily hurling at the police.  If this is supposed to be considered a "peaceful demo," I don't know what violence would mean according to Tibetan and Western values.  Or, are we expected to think that dangerous hooliganism is not violence as long as the mob doesn't carry guns?  If so, then these are truly unfair concessions made by the West for the Tibetans. 
 
It's staggering to learn that after so much that has happened, the Dalai Lama still claims to be uninvolved in this uprising.  He has even played that standard hackneyed stunt which all crafty leaders do.. that he would quit if his involvement were proven.  Of course, this was an intentional statement as he was fully aware that such matters are impossible to prove.  No one was able to prove his involvement and therefore, his calculated rhetoric conveniently continues to stand.  If the Dalai Lama really wasn't involved (which not even a mug would believe) and yet his people went as far as this without his consent, would only indicate the Dalai Lama's non-entity status among his own folks.  Otherwise, knowing China's zero-tolerance policy toward protests, it was awfully selfish of him not to caution and prevent his followers from staging such violent rallies while he, himself, sat comfortably indoors. 
 
He is loud as ever about those "90" Tibetans killed by Chinese police.  Even if one presumes that figure to be correct, this confrontation was two-sided.  But most importantly, perhaps it's time for the Dalai Lama to get an idea of what suffering actually means.  He has been an avid speaker from a distance for long enough.  For a change, he ought to take a closer look at reality and how different that is from just words.   Ninety innocent civilians die in places like Gaza, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan etc. almost every week (if not everyday) while going to school, to work or to buy food from the stores.   It's clear that the Dalai Lama always knew the importance of being down-to-earth but has never been candid enough to acknowledge it to the world.  That's his biggest problem.  He now seems to be in a fix as he realizes that there's no way out but to choose publicly between being a big leader or a big mouth.  The practical world is very different from those wishful fantasies of turning the other cheek.  If his people are genuinely dissatisfied being a part and parcel of China, any movements to secede in that kind of scenario is impossible without huge sacrifices of shedding blood and sweat.
 
As for the West's empty songs of praise for the Tibetans and their leader, I wouldn't expect anyone with an iota of truthful perception to get carried away by all that. 

Very recently, the audacious Western media proudly highlighted China's failed attempt to portray the situation of Tibet under control before foreign journalists as "embarrassing," pointing a deeply critical finger at the manipulations of the Chinese authority for bringing only a handful of co-operative Tibetans before the camera to speak.  I wouldn't debate that as false, but it goes without saying that China isn't the only country that practices such tactics.  After all, numerous North American television viewers are sick of the media bias on their own soil, projecting only one side of the story.  The artful culture of lies & propaganda by mainstream Western medias is rapidly becoming a seriously negative issue in the Western world in which they relentlessly demonize countries not in the 'good books' of the West by interacting only with hard-line dissidents of those countries.   This is absolutely no secret.  No wonder so many of us have to turn to alternative news sites to learn the facts.
 
Needless to say, the West has its own motives based on purely self-serving ideologies.  Tibet isn't a land of any strategic political importance nor is it rich in oil or any other useful resources.  The West's unconditional support for this region is basically an expression of rewarding it for its useless, non-entity global status.  An insignificant corner of the globe like Tibet is neither concerned nor involved with the West's unjust imperialistic ambitions and flawed foreign policies in countries of strategic importance like the Middle-East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc.  The U.S. and the E.U. can starve and oppress these regions till eternity with sanctions, hunger and bombs, yet a reclusive person like the Dalai Lama supposedly donned in the garb of "peace" will have no inclination to utter a single word of criticism nor expression of concern, and neither does he have the potential to take any punitive measures to lessen such global injustice.   Such discreetly conniving and insignificant personalities are the darlings of the West who are forever appreciated and glorified .. the type who travel around the world talking gentle, never implementing their much trumpeted sincerity in support of the larger world, yet grabbing Nobel Peace prizes and then retreating into their shells.

The Dalai Lama's sycophants claim that he isn't advocating a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.  But apparently he is also not averse to advocating the same.  If this person is truly a "man of peace" then he ought to make a public statement, telling his supporters to quit street violence.  As yet he hasn't uttered a single word denouncing the violent and unruly behaviour of his people.  
 
Accept it or not, the Dalai Lama has shown his true colors.  He is no different from any other shrewd and selfish politician.  Peace and compassion take the back seat in his policies by a long shot.