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America's Blind Love Affair With Tibet
Apr 1 2008, Matt Wendus

Unless western proponents of Tibetan liberation wish to be viewed as theocrats or 21st century feudalist sympathizers, they would do well to cease referring to Tenzin Gyatso as the Dalai Lama. Furthermore, if Nancy Pelosi and every other lockstep...

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