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| The War Against Israel and Growing European Nationalism |
| 2004-02-06 |
| By Ilka Schroder, no not him, her, the Green MP. Don’t know if anyone is listening though. Too long to post, so click on the link. The radical German MEP Ilka Schroeder claims that Europe is prolonging conflict in the Middle East in order to satisfy its global ambitions. To do this, she writes, it is using the Palestinians as cannon fodder for Europe’s proxy war against the US. The youngest MEP in Europe tells The Sprout that there is no difference in the consciousness of the average Member of the European Parliament and the average German peacenik. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Shipman, I haven't heard LSD used in that context for years. Latin, librae, solidi, and denarii. A UK term for money. No longer in current use. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-6 7:46:52 PM |
| #5 Or more finely... how many LSDs do they have? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-6 5:28:25 PM |
| #4 I don't think that you can say that the EU has a homogenous policy or strategy for diplomatic realitions with any outside entity. Her argument may hold for an individual EU member state, but even within that state there would be both a ruling party and opposition party stance on the issue. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-6 3:55:28 PM |
| #3 LH: so what you're saying is that she's using this to further her own political agenda. so what else is new? the irony is that her position is that the EU uses the Israel/pali conflict for the self same reason. My only regret, as you well note, is that she would probably not be taken seriously by those who should consider her comments. Cuz I think she's abso-frikkin-lutely right. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-2-6 2:06:51 PM |
| #2 before you get too excited about this lady, she believes in the abolition of all secret services, everywhere, and opposed the war in Kosovo. As far as I can tell, she is at least as much concerned about stopping EU pretensions to great power status, cause she dont like great powers in general, as she is concerned about fairness to Israel. She doesnt want an EU force in the middle east (a reasonable position on her part) cause she doesnt want any EU forces, which are part of globalization, which shes against. Also a way of bucking Joska Fischer, a moderate Green, whom the radical Greens dont like (and Kosovo WAS the bitter divide for the German Greens). Interesting article, and worth reading, but take in context. I wonder how the other German radical Greens react to this woman??? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-6 11:44:34 AM |
| #1 I commented on something similar here. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-2-6 11:32:41 AM |