When not promoting impossible ecological mandates, Ireland's Green Party is also at the forefront of promoting anti-war sentiment. Together with Labour's own Michael D. Higgins (still rockin' in the Dail), they are preparing to welcome some terrorist to Ireland.
It's to be all cead mile failte to Hezbollah, which is sending its Minister of Propaganda to the conference, where he can spout rhetoric about Hezbollah as fighters against illegal occupation. Alan Shatter of Fine Gael has noticed that Ibrahim Mussawi's rhetoric is anti-Semitic and reminds the listener of 1930's Germany, but the Green Party is not troubled by this assessment. It's all about being anti-war, and who could be more anti-war than Hezbollah? They're not killing anyone who doesn't deserve to die, are they? They just want the Jews out of Israel, the interlopers, and don't go saying that the Jews were there first. That doesn't count.
The Sadr militia is sending along their beloved Dr. Qusay Abdulawahab Al-Suhail to present the Sadr spin on illegal occupation and how the Sadr Brigade is entirely not involved in murdering innocent civilians. Sunnis aren't even human, are they? They'd hardly count if you were tabulating deaths when the thrust of the forum is against war.
The U.S. has sent a little note along to the Irish government, to express their disappointment that a trusted ally and friend is opening the door to those branded as terrorists. Fianna Fail is in the unfortunate position of being in government with the Green Party, a merger of necessity, and now they're being painted with a broad brush, and in a color they don't care for at all.
What if the U.S. government paints the current coalition as a friend of terrorists? That would be the same government that regulates all the many businesses that have branches in Ireland. Eliminate a few tax breaks and those same multinational corporations would be happy to up stakes and leave Ireland, taking their tax revenue with them. The Celtic Tiger would grind to a halt in short order.
A very sensitive situation has been created by the Greens, one that will make their coalition partners most unhappy with them. How will they respond to this mess, when they have to placate the Greens to maintain the coalition and still make happy with the U.S.?
2 comments:
the greens were antiwar when it suited them... did any green td speak at this meeting?
As it turns out, not everyone invited was permitted to attend. And the press did not bother to cover it after the meeting took place.
The news story was the guest list rather than the event itself.
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