Is it asking too much to tell Beijing to go Cheney themselves? Whether or not you like the Dalai Lama, it's none of China's business whether or not a US president meets with him. They're the first country to go ballistic when anyone drops a hint about their internal policy so it would be nice is someone forcefully shoved back when they attempt to dictate who the US meets. Heck, it would be nice to see Obama push back against anyone other than the "left of the left" who brought him to Washington. This will be the first time since 1991 that a US president has failed to meet the Dalai Lama while he visited Washington.
In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and other sources familiar with the talks.So Bush started the appeasement process by traveling to Beijing for the Olympics and Obama continues. Following Bush policies - whether with Wall Street or now with China - is now starting to look like a trend.
