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Recharging an older thread:
I came across the following (WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops)
and thought it relevant to this thread. What caught my eye particularly was the first comment I saw which said, 'Krikor Aghajanian That is exactly why the US is pushing for the UK to remain in the EU. UK will be the used as the entry point for a lot of GMO products as they are the weak link in the EU opposition to GMO.' (I would imagine that Cameron's lack of balls when it comes to anything the American administration wants, would suggest that the suspicion postulated above is not too far off the mark)
From the article: '...The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any Euroxpean Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.
In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops..."Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits.
"The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory. Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voices," said Stapleton,.'http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/03/wikileaks-us-eu-gm-crops
As I recall, Obama promised at the time he was running for the Presidency the first time, he promised to work on getting GMO crops labelled. Well we've seen how that has gone, with one of the benefits of his efforts being the selection of a CEO of Monsanto being named as the Food Safety (bozo) for the United States. I also recall that when Iraq was bludgeoned into submission, one of the first things that was done was Paul Bremer decreeing that Iraqi farmers must buy their seed and supplies only from Monsanto and if they didn't they risked losing all their farm equipment as punishment. Now the focus is on Europe and with the TPP presenting a clear and present danger to the autonomy of the European nations, it should come as no surprise that Monsanto is involved yet again.http://www.oilgeopolitics.net/GMO/Iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy/iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy.HTM
Personally, I think all of the above is a very good reason for 'outsiders' to comment on practically everything that goes on in Washington.
I came across the following (WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops)
and thought it relevant to this thread. What caught my eye particularly was the first comment I saw which said, 'Krikor Aghajanian That is exactly why the US is pushing for the UK to remain in the EU. UK will be the used as the entry point for a lot of GMO products as they are the weak link in the EU opposition to GMO.' (I would imagine that Cameron's lack of balls when it comes to anything the American administration wants, would suggest that the suspicion postulated above is not too far off the mark)
From the article: '...The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any Euroxpean Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.
In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops..."Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits.
"The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory. Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voices," said Stapleton,.'http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/03/wikileaks-us-eu-gm-crops
As I recall, Obama promised at the time he was running for the Presidency the first time, he promised to work on getting GMO crops labelled. Well we've seen how that has gone, with one of the benefits of his efforts being the selection of a CEO of Monsanto being named as the Food Safety (bozo) for the United States. I also recall that when Iraq was bludgeoned into submission, one of the first things that was done was Paul Bremer decreeing that Iraqi farmers must buy their seed and supplies only from Monsanto and if they didn't they risked losing all their farm equipment as punishment. Now the focus is on Europe and with the TPP presenting a clear and present danger to the autonomy of the European nations, it should come as no surprise that Monsanto is involved yet again.http://www.oilgeopolitics.net/GMO/Iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy/iraq_and_seeds_of_democracy.HTM
Personally, I think all of the above is a very good reason for 'outsiders' to comment on practically everything that goes on in Washington.
