German Chancellor Angela Merkel quietly slipped away conveniently on a Latin America trip and was not able to meet the Dalai Lama, as the "political monk" on saffron robe launched his PR "China bashing" trip to rally his Western base of worshippers in the lead-up to the Beijing Summer Olympics games.
This "snake oil pitch" in the WEST evidently is not getting the anticipated "hoo-hah" from Germany.
While other traditional buddhists from other Buddhist groups focus on charity and humanitarian relief efforts in Sichuan and Myanmar, this Tibetan Lama "wolf in monk's robe" is executing on his machiavellian moves to play the "Western card" to derail China and bad-mouth the Chinese people.
This inopportune "PR" trip to his Western benefactors started on the wrong footing. His German sponsors have now turned "cold" and turned "tail."
Read on about how German Chancellor Angela Merkel would not be around to do a "photo op" with the Dolly, knowing what "German" interests in China will be the "designated hostage" if Germans play "dirty" China-bashing politics :
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcYvlDeCX_7KyI5ag2tGO0tFD27w
More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051500726.html
