Iraqi Blood on Irish Hands

by x Sun Apr 06, 2003 08:18

- you people are fascist scum -

by Jeb Sun Apr 06, 2003 08:55

Not caught red handed!

by B-52 Basher Sun Apr 06, 2003 10:50 slewis1967 at hotmail dot com

As Eoin Dubsky recently suggested did anybody ever consider the people of East Germany tearing down the Berlin Wall criminals,the press in the "free world" hailed them as heroes,and rightly so.On the other hand peole engaged in non violent direct action here are called criminals involved in criminal damage.

The action this government has taken in allowing the U.S. military to avail of the use of Shannon Airport is clearly against the wishes of the Irish people.Over 100,000 people took to the streets to voice their opposition to the illegal invasion of Iraq and our governments position on the issue of the use of Shannon Airport for U.S. military.Bertie Ahern even had the cheek to say the marchers shared the same views as he did.

The government continued to say they would wait for a second U.N. resolution before they would make a decision on issue of the use of Shannon,it never came but they still allowed the U.s. to use Shannon.

Maybe you did not see the Prime Time programme in which the true human cost of the U.S. bombings of Iraq is being paid,it is a high price indeed.

The price of washing of paint of a door or a wall is a small price to pay for having blood on your hands.

by sean Sun Apr 06, 2003 22:32

nice paint job

by Gerry Sun Apr 06, 2003 22:36

These politicians deserve only our boundless comtempt

by the truth Sun Apr 06, 2003 22:47

Fianna Fáil is against the war, many of its members marched in the big protest, however Fianna Fáil realises that changing a 50 year old policy would damage Irelands interests. As the party of government its their job to protect Ireland's interests.

Some people in the "anti war movement" might not have any consern for the Jobs in Shannon or else where for that matter, however, Fianna Fáil does care, Fianna Fáil created most of those jobs, at a time when Labour and Fine Gael sold off planes for juke boxes, Fianna Fáil was making the hard choices, the same shit is happening today.

France, Germany and other anti war countries allow refueling... we must protect our interests.

Also I've noticed a marked decline in the number of protesters coming out, at the last count it was less than 20,000 (RTE say 8,000).

20,000 people DO NOT represent 5 million. In fact they just about make up the constituency of one seat in Dail Éireann.

When I see 500,000 VOTERS march down O'Connell street demanding US planes out of Shannon I'll support your cause.

Why 500,000 thats how many people voted for Fianna Fáil in the last election.

Bertie Ahern has a massive mandate to Govern - the people who attacked Fianna Fáil's offices over the weekend have none.

by Gaillimhed Mon Apr 07, 2003 09:49

Im glad you mentioned the concept of a mandate, from whom did Ahern recieve the mandate to provide material support for an ILLEGAL war, and thereby contribute to the erosion of the UN and international law ?. I repeat...An ILLEGAL war!, did you vote him in to assist in an imperialistic land grab? He has no mandate from the people for assisting criminal activity.

by Rembrant Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:26

Today's Irish Times (April 7th) quotes SWP and IAWM leader Richard Boyd Barrett as saying that painting Celia Larkin's beauty shop was "inappropriate". Celia is Bertie's partner and a Fianna Fail supporter/activist who turns up at their fundraisers.

Even the Sinn Fein gang who are going to meet Bush and Blair refused to say anything negative about the painters (Sunday Independent, April 6th).

But maybe RBB want's to appear no more threatening than the Greens (afterall, he will be contesting next year's local elections in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Did he get agreement from the IAWM committee before making his comment (not as an individual but as leader of the IAWM)?

by maalox - 'weird to see' projekt Mon Apr 07, 2003 21:13

Weird to see the Red Hand being used in such a progressive context- we couldn't use that up here in the North for obvious reasons...

by KC O'Dunn - USA Mon May 15, 2006 03:08 paganwind at bigfoot dot com Florida, USA

I am moved to say that there must be more of this throughout the rational world. I am in the USA and every day that this war goes on the less stable the world grows. This is an amoral war. I am a former member of the US military and would have gone if I had been ordered... I guess. I would like to believe that I would have reasoned on the side of honour and gone to prison instead.

Painting the doors of those who are blinded by the light of deception is honorable not criminal.