Despite the bombings of Durango and Gernika.
Despite the Graf von Spee shelling Bilbo day and night.
Despite how important was the contribution of the Basques to the resistance groups in France that rescued Allied pilots, political disidents and Jewish refugees.
Despite all the Basque farmers that were killed by Franco's forces for aiding people fleeing France.
Despite all the Basque smugglers that gave their lives to lead people escaping from the Nazis through the mountains.
Despite a 14 year old Basque boy being tortured because his father was found to be helping Jewish children out.
Despite all the Gudaris that died either in death camps, in Normandy, in Gascony, fighting the Nazis until liberation day in Paris.
Despite all that, no Basque leader was invited to take part in the commemoration acts in Oswiecim last week.
Realpolitiks stink.
And it is happening again.
Despite the Graf von Spee shelling Bilbo day and night.
Despite how important was the contribution of the Basques to the resistance groups in France that rescued Allied pilots, political disidents and Jewish refugees.
Despite all the Basque farmers that were killed by Franco's forces for aiding people fleeing France.
Despite all the Basque smugglers that gave their lives to lead people escaping from the Nazis through the mountains.
Despite a 14 year old Basque boy being tortured because his father was found to be helping Jewish children out.
Despite all the Gudaris that died either in death camps, in Normandy, in Gascony, fighting the Nazis until liberation day in Paris.
Despite all that, no Basque leader was invited to take part in the commemoration acts in Oswiecim last week.
Realpolitiks stink.
And it is happening again.
Auschwitz
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To be fair we should say that no Catalonian was invited either, neither were politicians from Aragón nor Greek ones and all of them suffered the very same things the Basque did.
ReplyDeleteAnyways I don't give a shit for a conmemoration that invites a man like Rumsfeld who approved the incarcelation of hundreds of taliban fighters breaking several human rights.
You're right, and that is the point I was trying to get across, many other nations suffered the cold and murderous Nazi policies, but the ones that profit from it today, forget about the other ones.
ReplyDeleteAnd then Cheney shows up in an attire more proper to go skiing in Aspen, disrespecting everyone present and those who died.
And lets not even talk about a certain wall being erected in certain place.