U.S.
‘President’ Denounced as War Criminal
Obama visit
triggers political row in Ireland
We
look like “a nation of pimps, prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the
head.”-
Irish Parliamentarian Clare Daly
- 06/19/13
President
Obama's visit to the Group of Eight summit has created a political row in
Ireland after an outspoken liberal lawmaker on Wednesday denounced the U.S.
president as a “war criminal” for his drone use and his decision
to arm the Syrian rebels.
Parliamentarian
Clare Daly said her country's government had showcased the country “as a
nation of pimps, prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head,”
The Irish Times reports.
The “unprecedented
slobbering” during Obama's two-day visit to Northern Ireland, she said, had
even led to speculation that “you were going to deck the Cabinet out in
leprechaun hats decorated with a bit of stars and stripes to really mark abject
humiliation.”
The Irish head
of government, Enda Kenny, called the remarks “disgraceful.”
“I think they do
down the pride of Irish people all over the world who are more than happy to
see this island being host to the G-8,” he said.
“And for you to
stand up and criticize the American president for giving a continuation of
support for a fragile peace process in Northern Ireland, where over 3,000
people lost their lives in 30 years, is a disgraceful do-down.”
Daly's pique
appears to have been provoked by the White House's announcement last week that
it will provide “military support” for the Syrian rebels after accusing Bashar
Assad's forces of using chemical weapons.
Ireland has
remained neutral since shortly after its independence from Great Britain in
1922, and was one of the most vocal critics of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
“This is the man
who is in essence stalling the Geneva peace talks [scheduled for
next month] by trying to broker enhanced leverage for the Syrian opposition
by giving them arms — and to hell with the thousands more who’ll lose their
lives, or the tens of thousands who will be displaced,” Daly said.
“This
is the man who has facilitated a 200 percent increase in the use of drones
which have killed thousands of people, including hundreds of children.”
3 comments:
Hmm...refreshing that she called it as she saw it, and had the access to the media to make her observations known. I guess not all Liberals and Journos are f*cktards and brainwashed idiots...just the ones we seem to grow HERE.
Well done Ms. Daly.
Enda Kenny is a slave.
Simply a slave.
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