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Dalai Lama suggests Osama bin Laden's death was justified

Speaking at USC, the Buddhist spiritual leader says of the Al
Qaeda chief's
assassination: 'Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened.'

As the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama says he
practices compassion to such an extent that he tries to avoid
swatting mosquitoes "when my mood is good and there is no danger
of malaria," sometimes watching with interest as they swell with
his blood.

Yet, in an appearance Tuesday at USC, he appeared to suggest that
the United States was justified in killing Osama bin Laden.

As a human being, Bin Laden may have deserved compassion and even
forgiveness, the Dalai Lama said in answer to a question about
the assassination of the Al Qaeda leader. But, he said,
"Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. . If something is
serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to
take counter-measures."

It was, perhaps, an example of the Dalai Lama confounding
expectations, something he appears to relish doing....

Read the rest at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0504-dalai-lama-20110504,
0,7229481.story

Dan 

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