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Shannon Airport Should Not Be Used To Cheer Troops On To War
national |
anti-war / imperialism |
press release
Wednesday January 24, 2018 00:04 by ShannonWatch - ShannonWatch shannonwatch at gmail dot com
Press Release ShannonWatch - 22nd Jan 2018 Shannonwatch strongly condemns the facilitation of a meeting between US Vice President Mike Pence and US troops at Shannon Airport on Saturday last. The use of the airport by foreign troops on their way to a war zone is in breach of Irish neutrality, and the decision to hold a public display of support for a foreign leader promoting war on Irish soil is dangerous and unwelcome “Having diplomats and senior politicians transiting though Irish airports is not a normally a problem” said Edward Horgan of Shannonwatch. “But when they publicly insult Irish sovereignty by addressing troops on their way to war zones, it is unacceptable. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed US troops at Shannon in February 2004, and US President GW Bush did the same in March 2006 without any protest by the Irish Government. The latest offender, US Vice President Pence, addressed US troops at Shannon last Saturday, again without a word of protest from the Irish government. Have they forgotten that we are an independent sovereign state, and not the 51st state of America? |