This sort of guru bashing leads to hell.
----- Original Message ----- From: "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside Pundit Info --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > I wonder if anyone has ever tried to get the CIA reports on > > Mahesh > > > via the Freedom of Information Act? That would be interesting to > > see. > > > > > Interesting point- Prompted by your remark, I was searching both the > > Department of State and CIA websites just now for references to TM, > > Maharishi, and the Dalai Lama. Not much on TM- A couple of > > references on the State Dept. website regarding relgious freedom in > > Austria and the Netherlands. > > > > Regarding the Dalai Lama: > > From Questions Pertaining to Tibet (1969-1972)-- > > http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/70146.pdf > > > > "During the first Nixon administration (1969-1972), the U.S. > > Government continued its decade-long support of the Dalai Lama and > > his followers, including political action, propaganda, and > > paramilitary activity... > > > > Funds also were provided to the Dalai Lama for his propaganda > > efforts ...This operation began during the second Eisenhower > > administration(1957-1961) and continued through the Kennedy and > > Johnson administrations... > > > > The total cost of the Tibetan program ...was approximately $2.5 > > million per year with $500,000 of that figure for non-guerrilla > > political, propaganda, and intelligence operations. > > > > ...CIA Tibetan activities, utilizing followers of the Dalai Lama, > > have included in addition to guerrilla support a program of > > political, propaganda, and intelligence operations." > > > > Interesting that Maharishi claims the CIA opposes him, but for > > Tibetan Buddhists, the CIA was an ally. > > > > Enemy of my enemy... Playing them off against China. And China is STILL an enemy, > according to the neocons. The most important long-term reason to invade Iraq was to > create military bases there in order to have a friendly place to position American troops in > order to bring pressure to bear on China, or so the PNAC white paper, signed off by > everybody who was anybody in the first BW administration, says, including Brother Jeb. > I heard oil control as well to China, Europe and Japan. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links
