Gerry Is Ready

On an interesting developement, Gerry Adams from Sinn Fein says he is ready to aid the Basque peace process.

There is a number of discrepancies in the way the international community reacts towards the different conflicts around the world that pit a former colonialist power with those that long for their self determination. Places like Puerto Rico, Kurdistan, Kashmir, Tibet, East Timor, Brittany, Corsica come to mind.

The article addresses that in this paragraph:

Parallels have often been made between the Basque conflict, which has cost more than 800 lives in the past four decades, and strife-ridden Northern Ireland, where thousands more have died as Republicans have sought to secure an end to British rule while loyalists have endeavored to retain links to London.

This is what Adams have to say:

"Dialogue is the way of resolving problems. You don't kill problems," said Adams, who noted that politics often involved "a lot of hypocrisy,"

All I can tell you is, this peace process needs all the help it can get, mostly after disastrous performances like that of Mexican president Vicente Fox last week.

You can read the entire article here.

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