Dalai Lama: Terrorist Minds are Closed

Perhaps this is a post-Mumbai awakening, but surely it takes a special kind of courage for the Dalai Lama to speak out in the face of the prevailing liberal wisdom which has swept the earth of late. (Those poor terrorists, why do they hate us.) (Obama, Obama) The Indian Express:

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."

Any guesses how soon he'll be invited over here again by the liberal celebrity culture that runs this country now. Their darling no more. And I would imagine the terrorists will be none too happy with him either. Well, they don't need him now, they have Barack Obama. He himself made an ambiguous speech on the subject, with something for everyone.

HT Mick, Anatreptic, who also makes some candid and brilliant observations.