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Elton: Where’s
the Peaceman?
Singer Wants Dalai Lama
to Do More to Fight War
By J.D. Heyman
Us Weekly
Oct. 17 — You won't find Elton John, who's drawing raves for his new album, Songs From the West Coast, cozying up to the Dalai Lama and calling for compassion for the terrorists, as Richard Gere has.
"Forget the f---ing Dalai Lama. It's a f---ing joke," the British singer/songwriter tells Us Weekly, when asked about the current world crisis. "The Dalai Lama is all about, supposedly, peace. Now, I love the idea of that. We all would love to have peace. I have contributed to things that the Dalai Lama has been involved with, like there's Trudie Styler, my friend, Sting's wife, who does this Tibetan Peace Garden in London, which is a great idea.
"But you know, in times of war and times of aggravation, where is this peacemaking man when you need him? F---ing nowhere to be seen. And that says it all: F---ing asshole," he says, laughing uproariously.
John, who calls the Taliban "the Anti-Christ" and supports the U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan, says, "I'm not a Bush supporter, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in his shoes for all the money in China."
(I think he meant "tea") |
