Malala tells it like it is to the 'World's Most Powerful Man'

Profiles in Courage, and in the Lack of Courage  by Dave Lindorff as republished from ThisCan'tBeHappenning.net   After that courageous Pakistani advocate of girls' right to an education, Malala Yousafzai, had her meeting with President Obama and his wife Michelle and older daugher Malia in the White House, the White House issued a press release and a photo, saying that the presidential couple had invited this youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize nominee to visit "to thank her for her inspiring and passionate work on behalf of girls' education in Pakistan."

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as  republished from Mirror News in the UK. The rights for women's education acivist, just a teenager, said she had told herself that if attacked by the Taliban, she would talk to her intended killer about the importance of education.

This is the moment Malala Yousafzai – who was shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education – left US chat show host Jon Stewart speechless.

The 16-year-old rose to global fame after being shot in the head and neck while on her way to school with other girls in Pakistan – before recovering in Britain.

The teenager left Stewart visibly stunned when she said that if attacked by the Taliban she would talk to her intended killer about the importance of education – rather than trying to defend herself physically.

She concluded by saying: "That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want."

"I just could not believe it, I said no, it's not true," she said.

"We thought the Taliban were not that much cruel that they would kill a child."

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