Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 June 2003

Military Neutrality: Motion.

 

This motion distracts from the real issues. Undoubtedly, it is helpful in calling for a debate but it seeks to have that debate structured on a very narrow basis. It also misses some of the more fundamental points on which we will be called upon to make decisions. Having regard to issues of aid, trade, debt and world poverty, there is a disgraceful distortion of world resources into armaments at a time when over two billion people living on this planet survive on less than two dollars per day and over one billion people live on less than one dollar a day. It is on such issues that people will judge political parties in terms of where they stand.

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