US Democratic presidential candidates share one obsession, the Basques.
A couple of years ago John Kerry while in Oklahoma City as part of his campaign issued an statement that angered the Sikh and the Basque communities in the USA, here it is:
As a response to the letters sent by him by members of the Sikh and the Basque communities he proceeded to issue excuses that he insisted on calling apologies, neither one of the two communities accepted the "apology".
Well, the Democratic race for the presidency is back and guess what, the old obsession with the Basques is still there, here you have a report by TamilNet:
This time Hillary adds the label "separatist" to the word Basques as if that made such a big difference. The fact is, once again a US politician labels all Basques as "terrorists".
The question is, why?
Why do the Democrats have this Pavlov Dog Reaction to the word "terrorist"? Why always the Basques?
The Tamil Tigers, the IRA commandos, the Sikhs, the Iraqis come and go, but the Basques remain as the top terrorist organization for the US politicians. No wonder why Aznar's conspiracy theory about ETA being behind the M-11 attacks has such a huge following among US conservative bloggers and reporters.
Even more important, how many hundreds of thousands of people have the USA military and secret services murdered in the last 30 years?
Check out this paragraph by Hillary Clinton:
That qualifies the USA as the largest terrorist organization in the world, through armed actions they pushed forward their economic ideology against the "communist menace", through violent actions they expanded their territories stealing land from Mexico and taking over Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines just to name a few.
Anyway, for perpetuating the Spanish government propaganda equation that establishes the words Basque and terrorist an synonyms Hillary Clinton is the Basque-phobe of the Week.
Here you have the audio at You Tube:
A couple of years ago John Kerry while in Oklahoma City as part of his campaign issued an statement that angered the Sikh and the Basque communities in the USA, here it is:
'Most countries have faced terrorism through their histories, look at Ireland, the IRA; the Basque in Spain; the Sikhs in India.'
As a response to the letters sent by him by members of the Sikh and the Basque communities he proceeded to issue excuses that he insisted on calling apologies, neither one of the two communities accepted the "apology".
Well, the Democratic race for the presidency is back and guess what, the old obsession with the Basques is still there, here you have a report by TamilNet:
Hillary Clinton urges nuanced approach to ‘terrorists’
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 21:47 GMT]
US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton this week urged a more nuanced approach to armed non-state actors, arguing “the bottom line is, you can't lump all terrorists together. … what the Tamil Tigers are fighting for in Sri Lanka, or the Basque separatists in Spain, or the insurgents in al-Anbar province may only be connected by tactics.”
Senator Clinton made her comments to Michael Tomasky of Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper in an interview which covered Iraq, the legacy of the Cold War and ceding executive powers.
When asked “do you think that the terrorists hate us for our freedoms, or do you think they have specific geopolitical objectives?”, she replied:
“Well, I believe that terrorism is a tool that has been utilized throughout history to achieve certain objectives. Some have been ideological, others territorial. There are personality-driven terroristic objectives.”
“The bottom line is, you can't lump all terrorists together. And I think we've got to do a much better job of clarifying what are the motivations, the raisons d'être of terrorists.”
“I mean, what the Tamil Tigers are fighting for in Sri Lanka, or the Basque separatists in Spain, or the insurgents in al-Anbar province may only be connected by tactics. They may not share all that much in terms of what is the philosophical or ideological underpinning.”
“And I think one of our mistakes has been painting with such a broad brush, which has not been particularly helpful in understanding what it is we were up against when it comes to those who pursue terrorism for whichever ends they're seeking.”
This time Hillary adds the label "separatist" to the word Basques as if that made such a big difference. The fact is, once again a US politician labels all Basques as "terrorists".
The question is, why?
Why do the Democrats have this Pavlov Dog Reaction to the word "terrorist"? Why always the Basques?
The Tamil Tigers, the IRA commandos, the Sikhs, the Iraqis come and go, but the Basques remain as the top terrorist organization for the US politicians. No wonder why Aznar's conspiracy theory about ETA being behind the M-11 attacks has such a huge following among US conservative bloggers and reporters.
Even more important, how many hundreds of thousands of people have the USA military and secret services murdered in the last 30 years?
Check out this paragraph by Hillary Clinton:
"Well, I believe that terrorism is a tool that has been utilized throughout history to achieve certain objectives. Some have been ideological, others territorial..."
That qualifies the USA as the largest terrorist organization in the world, through armed actions they pushed forward their economic ideology against the "communist menace", through violent actions they expanded their territories stealing land from Mexico and taking over Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines just to name a few.
Anyway, for perpetuating the Spanish government propaganda equation that establishes the words Basque and terrorist an synonyms Hillary Clinton is the Basque-phobe of the Week.
Here you have the audio at You Tube:
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