Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 April 2003

Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements.

 

We see the growing militarisation of the idea of humanitarian aid, something I find absolutely revolting. On television last night I witnessed the obscene sight of a soldier enticing a terrified child with a bar of candy. Do the people doing this remember the way they carried on when Saddam Hussein stuck a British child on his knee? They are doing exactly the same and worse. It is a violation of the innocent, nothing else. With regard to the so-called liberation of Iraq, can one be liberated against one's will? That is complete and utter nonsense. Let us spell it out the way it is: it is a rape. Of course, the rapists are saying the victims provoked their lust and that, in any case, they will get to like it. That is the message of the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States. We hear the cry of the Iraqi people, at home in Iraq, here and in Britain. They ask, "Are we not human?" It is remarkable how many of them have used this phrase. They say, "Leave us alone and we will deal with Saddam in our own way."

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