August 22, 2005
SOME THINGS YOU CAN FORGIVE EVEN THE FRENCH:
How Rainbow Warrior was played down (Paul Brown and Rob Evans, August 23, 2005, The Guardian)
Margaret Thatcher refused to sanction official criticism of the French over the blowing up of the British-registered Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior even after Paris had admitted being behind the bombing, newly released documents show.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 22, 2005 9:48 PM
Forgive? I prefer to believe Maggie was secretly jealous. :-)
Posted by: Kirk Parker at August 22, 2005 11:26 PMIt's always better for the enemy of my enemy to do the dirty work.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 23, 2005 12:48 AMSOME THINGS YOU CAN FORGIVE EVEN THE FRENCH:
Yes . . . I'm a Kiwi and I can forgive the crapaud invasion of our sovereignty for that thoughtful piece of waste disposal.
Strangely those who 20 years later gnash their teeth at NZ's powerlessness in the face of unprovoked aggression by a supposed ally (agents Mafart and Prieur were sent on an extended Club Med holiday on an atoll)still can't bring themselves also to condemn the pathetic institution which brokered that unhappy result - the UN.
NZ having alienated all its friends by declaring itself nuclear free, the UN was the only place we could turn. With friends like that who needs . . . ?
SOME THINGS YOU CAN FORGIVE EVEN THE FRENCH:
Yes . . . I'm a Kiwi and I can forgive the crapaud invasion of our sovereignty for that thoughtful piece of waste disposal.
Strangely those who 20 years later gnash their teeth at NZ's powerlessness in the face of unprovoked aggression by a supposed ally (agents Mafart and Prieur were sent on an extended Club Med holiday on an atoll)still can't bring themselves also to condemn the pathetic institution which brokered that unhappy result - the UN.
NZ having alienated all its friends by declaring itself nuclear free, the UN was the only place we could turn. With friends like that who needs . . . ?
Very callous statement though. A photographer died in that attack. A father of two children. This was murder - in fact, essentially state terrorism. Whatever your views on whether a group like Greenpeace should be able to protest French nuclear tests in the Pacific, or their general aims, this was despicable.
There's nothing wrong with state terrorism in a just cause. What were Hiroshima and Nagasaki but state terrorism?
Posted by: oj at August 23, 2005 6:47 PM