I just found this article and found it interesting that the Dalai Lama would see any war as justified, but perhaps I just don't know enough about his religious beliefs. He comments that some wars for freedom were just, but the violence that takes place for Tibet's autonomy from China is not.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051105/wl_afp/ustibetchina_051105043044

Trident I personally find the Dalai Lama to be a fascinating mix of religious and moral ideals mixed together with practical views. He seems to be able to understand all points of view. I didn`t read that he thought a war against China was actually unjust, the article you linked to said

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Waging war for the cause of freedom can be justified but not in the case of Tibet's dream of autonomy from China, the Dalai Lama told an audience at Stanford University.

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in the first pararaph but didn`t quote the Dalai Lama as saying that at all, I think the headline was typical of most newspapers, misleading and sensationalistic. He said

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"We must follow nonviolent principle so that later we can live happily."

Fighting a war of independence with China would also take a vast arsenal that Tibet lacks, he added.

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. Practical and idealistic.

I believed he thought it unwise as it just caused more death for his own people and the Chinese. I suppose the word "unjust" might be sensationalistic as you put it.