Congressional Gold Medal for Dalai Lama....

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The Dalai Lama has been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal - the top US civilian honour - in a move that has infuriated China..........

'Man of peace'

Mr Bush led the 72-year-old Buddhist leader into the Capitol Rotunda, holding his hand as they entered before sitting side-by-side.

As he presented the medal, Mr Bush hailed the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a "universal symbol of peace and tolerance".

"I will continue to urge the leaders of China to welcome the Dalai Lama to China," Mr Bush said.

"They will find this good man to be a man of peace and reconciliation."

He said the US could not close its eyes to the plight of the religiously oppressed.

The Tibetan leader said he was "deeply touched" to receive such a "great honour".

"I believe that this award also sends a powerful message to those individuals who are dedicated to promoting peace," the Dalai Lama said.

Although I rarely post here, and even rarer to start a thread, I'd like to say a very heartfelt 'Thank You' to both President Bush and the US Government for the award to the Tibetan leader - the Dalai Lama. If anyone in this world has earned an award for peace, this guy has

I suppose all sides will spin for and/or against the other side over it, but the fact that it requires a 2/3rds majority of the Government to approve it, Well done USA

seaeagle · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject:

It is a wonderful honour for a great man of peace and dignity, and I too congratulate the USA and President Bush for not kowtowing to the Chinese over this award to the leader-in-exile of Tibet.

dobbie6060 · Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 551

Here's a cogent comment on
the Decider's gift of gold :
http://www.buckfush.com/

http://www.buckfush.com/images/George_Bush_Dalai_Lama.jpg