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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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24 Mar 2005 04:24:20 AM |
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Chasing the dragon |
Chasing the dragon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1444400,00.html
It should not have taken US pressure to keep Europe from selling arms
to China
Timothy Garton Ash
Thursday March 24, 2005
The Guardian
Good news: it looks as if the European Union will postpone lifting its
embargo on arms exports to China, at least until next year. This is
right. The only thing wrong is that it took heavy US pressure to make
it happen.
Consider. Europeans claim moral superiority over Bush's America on the
grounds that we always favour the peaceful resolution of conflicts and
respect for human rights. Last week, China's National People's Congress
passed a law which authorises the use of "non-peaceful means" to
prevent moves towards Taiwanese independence. "Non-peaceful means" is
an Orwellian euphemism for war.
Timothy Garton Ash
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/2cc6a786ff8c7302
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