Obama nixes meeting with the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama represents, to me, the inability of people to live they want to thanks to the oppressive Chinese Communist Party's rule. Territories themselves, after all, have always been annexed by empires and states in the past and, hence, I care not whether China considers the Dalai Lama a splittist, or whether Tibet rightfully ought to be independent. It is the crushing of liberty that bugs me.

But, China is all grown up in the economic and military world. So, naturally, might is right. So much so that a Democrat, elected to the presidency with high levels of popularity throughout the world, has:

quietly postponed an audience with the Dalai Lama until after he visits China in November.

The move comes in the wake of Obama's decision to slap a 35 per cent import duty on tires from China and avoids a potential second affront to Beijing.

The news was contained deep in a press release issued by the Dalai Lama after his meeting Monday with top-level emissaries from Obama, senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and State Department under secretary Maria Otero.

Issued from his home in exile in Dharamsala, India, the third from last paragraph of the press release said: ``His Holiness is looking forward to meeting President Obama `after' his visit to China.''

I have written enough about Tibet to understand that it is now, unfortunately, a lost cause and nothing more than a pawn in the global geopolitical chess game. But, there is something seriously wrong with Obama's decision.

And here is the irony: China is upset that a high level US delegation even met with the Dalai Lama in Dharmshala.

This is what happens when we owe China gazillions of dollars!!!