Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 June 2003

Military Neutrality: Motion.

 

I understand exactly what Senator O'Toole is saying when he talks about the huge range of countries involved, some of which are very repressive. The United Nations is an imperfect institution, but it is all we have and it is a hell of a lot better than the multinationals and the gangsters of European capitalism. I would put my trust in the United Nations before any European Rapid Reaction Force which might be walked into what a French Prime Minister, with disarming and uncharacteristic honesty, called the resource wars of the next century. Why should Irish people be killed in such wars, fighting for multinational corporations? I certainly will oppose that as long as I am in this House.

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