Were We Hated Worldwide? Or Was That Another Media-Perpetuated Myth?
Since 2004, Democrats have told us that the world hates the United States. When they said that, they usually said that we were hated because of President Bush’s cowboy image and his unilateralism. As President Bush prepares to leave office, things are seeping out that suggest that the United States wasn’t hated. It appears that President Bush wasn’t as hated as Democratic politicians would have us believe. The latest proof comes from the Dalai Lama:
The Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed.
“It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence,” the Tibetan spiritual leader said delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture here.
He termed terrorism as the worst kind of violence which is not carried by a few mad people but by those who are very brilliant and educated. “They (terrorists) are very brilliant and educated…but a strong ill feeling is bred in them. Their minds are closed,” the Dalai Lama said. He said the only way to tackle terrorism is through prevention.
The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile left the audience stunned when he said “I love President George W Bush.” He went on to add how he and the US President instantly struck a chord in their first meeting unlike politicians who take a while to develop close ties.
“I told him ‘I love you but some of your policies I oppose’,” said the spiritual leader to a loud round of applause from the audience which included Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, Election Commissioner Navin Chawla and several ministers, diplomats and artistes.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Kerry and almost every other Democratic heavyweight not named Joe Lieberman has criticized President Bush’s foreign policy. At least, that’s what they’ve done until they’ve been placed in a position of responsibility.
They’ve criticized President Bush until they vote for renewing the Patriot Act or ending the Iraq War the minute they step into the Oval Office or until their supporters tell them to shut Gitmo ASAP. That’s when they start acting like President Bush.
That isn’t news.
What’s news is that the Dalai Lama has just exposed the Democrats’ Bush-hating ways. He’s essentially said that it isn’t possible to contain terrorism. He’s essentially said that it isn’t possible to negotiate with terrorists and the nation-states that support them.
Finally, he’s also said that the terrorist masterminds aren’t poor people who’ve been hoodwinked into blowing themselves up. They’re rich, well-educated people who talk others into blowing themselves up.
Technorati Tags: Terrorists, Dalai Lama, President Bush, Foreign Poliocy, Patriot Act, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Gitmo, National Security
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
January 21st, 2009 at 6:08 am
I live in South Africa, I am a born-&-bred South African.
I can speak from my correspondence with people from all over the world, & my encounters with travellers from various countries in my city, Cape Town, which is very cosmopolitan - & I can affirm to you that yes, we & the world hate your fucking guts for all the evil shit you have been getting up to the past 8 years (I say you because you voted that war criminal in a second time).
We’re prepared to open our minds to the “old” America, the “good guys” coming back with this new administration… let’s see, hey?
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Mr. Hart seems to have a problem “opening his mind” unless it’s to an idea already embedded therein, hardly the definition of an open mind. He also seems to have a fairly limited vocabulary, a trait I’ve noticed infects a large portion of the insane left.
Note to Mr. Hart: Americans who love our country (which excludes the gliterati and a significant portion of socialists) and don’t believe either America or more specifically Mr. Bush is responsible for all the evil in the world really don’t care what you think or how you think of our nation. If what we have done is right and you’ve squawked about it, that’s your right, but if we’ve done some things wrong in the last eight years at least we’ve been doing something in an effort to stem the hate of islamic extremists, trying to be a cure, instead of whining that inactive slug countries that didn’t support us were inactive slugs.
Try seeing the world as it is, not pretend that it would be all nicey-nicey if only it were like you wish it was.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Well stated Carlos.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Thank you, Tim. I’m just so tired of psycho sophisticate socialists (here and abroad) impugning the integrity and motives of my country, and assuming that if everyone would just be calm and nice to each other the world would get along just fine. Their only “raison d’etre” is to take away my freedoms and control my life and my mind.
They make me puke.