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Posted on 08/08/2004 12:44:08 PM PDT by LakeLady
Germany’s “Peace” Movement Actively and Openly Supporting Iraqi Terrorism By Ray D.
Just when you thought the German “peace” movement couldn’t get much more hypocritical they take things to a whole new level. Last week the unbelievable lack of protest at the German government’s plutonium and arms deal with Communist China made it seem as the peace freaks had all rolled up into a big ball for a long winter hibernation.
Not so! The German TV news program “Panorama” uncovered some of the wonderful activities that particularly dedicated cadres of the German peace movement are currently engaged in. In the spirit of peace, a number of groups have started a fund-raising campaign entitled “10 Euros for the Iraqi Resistance”. The money will be provided to the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (IPA) a group dedicated to carrying out attacks against US soldiers in Iraq in collaboration with Saddam loyalists. The common goal is to "liberate” the Iraqi people from the evil imperialist American occupiers. On their website these groups gush with enthusiasm about turning Iraq into another Vietnam for the USA.
OK, what’s the big deal? Why can’t people recognize that these young, misunderstood idealists simply have the interests of the Iraqi people at heart? Clearly, supporting more terror acts that blow away innocent Iraqi civilians and the reinstatement of a Baathist terror regime is the best imaginable way to further the cause of world peace. And just think, if the fine humanitarians supporting this action really do succeed in reaching their goals they can form a volunteer troupe to begin digging new mass graves in Iraq for the new Saddamist government.
Don’t you just love peace?
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Following is the URL for the website to which the article refers. Ignore the 8/6/2003 date on the site. It is a typo and should be 8/6/2004 if I understand it correctly.
It's definitely worth a read.
http://www.antiimperialista.com/view.shtml?category=9&id=1060180259&keyword=+
Supports = Support in title
Will the moderator please correct?
Thanks! I sure wish someone would correct the title error.
Is there any way I can do it once it's posted?
There doesn't seem to be much interest in this article.
It surprised me a bit.
BTW, this really is a great blog and anyone interested in the lefty German press should bookmark it. The guy is really on top of things.
12B
Sigh. Why am I not surprised. It's not restricted only to German peace groups, alas; after all, the agenda of any good peace group is hatred of the US and alliance with its enemies. If the enemy happens to be a cruel tyrant or a band of murderous fanactics, all is forgiven, and they emerge as the sainted heroes of the anti-American - uh, I mean, peace - movement.
Click on report abuse and ask the admin moderator to fix it.
Done. Appreciate the help. I'm not too long off the lurking list, as I'm sure you realized right away.
Thank you Ad Mod.
" Ignore the 8/6/2003 date on the site. It is a typo and should be 8/6/2004 if I understand it correctly."
You better don`t ignore the date... This "10 Euro" stuff
has been published in the summer of 2003. Even the german leftist media didn`t take it seriously. It was just a moral
and logic dilemma: You can`t oppose the war on moral grounds AND support the killing of human life, let it be Iraqis or Yanks...
Try to see it positive... this is the Germany of the "Dichter und Denker". And that`s better than the
Germany of the "Richter und Henker", in my opinion.
The real topic in leftist german circles THIS summer is, how Bush will manage to create another 9/11-alike event without beeing too obvious :-)
Achtung: They don`t discuss the "IF", just the "How to"...
Mit freundlichen Grüssen,
Hun
Thanks so much for elucidating; it's much appreciated.
Would you please interpret your closing - or would I be better off not knowing? ;-)
Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Do you really want to know the truth? :-/
Of course!!
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