I did not say they are equivalent cases. I said that both should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. That did not happen in either case, and I'm not willing to accept the summary execution of anyone, not even Osama Bin Laden.

In case there was any doubt: personally, I don't think the evidence to convict the Dalai Lama as a terrorist exists. The same probably cannot be said for the person we are so frivolously comparing him to.

Argument is valid in case of courts, in terms of international diplomacy ? I don't think so. At international level it is purely big fish eats small fish rule so if united states calls someone a terrorist it is a terrorist for the rest of the world. If they call the fountainhead of terrorism their alley others cant raise a finger against that alley.