Letter to the Editor The sea in the Strait is claimed as the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. The following is from Wikipedia (see below) and it explains the current situation and how it evolved from the 1970s. Iran in 1982 adopted the policy that only shipping related to those States which had signed … Continue reading The Strait Of Hormuz In Law
Irish Foreign Policy
Venezuela And Other Aggressions
The US regime change or coup d'etat in Venezuela last January made little sense initially. Though the left-leaning, President Maduro had long been a thorn in the side of the US administration and its narrative of how 'things should be done', he was no Fidel Castro and Venezuela was no 1960s Cuba. Why then would … Continue reading Venezuela And Other Aggressions
President Connolly Warns of Global Shift To “Might is Right” In First Overseas Speech
20.4.26 Intro to The Journal's report by a retired Swedish trade union official who worked at the ICTU for a while and is now living in Ireland: "Irish President Catherine Connolly met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. She attended the important international meeting in Barcelona to defend democracy. A meeting in which Mexican President … Continue reading President Connolly Warns of Global Shift To “Might is Right” In First Overseas Speech
Government And ‘Neutrality’— Letters
Government And 'Neutrality' Micheál Martin’s description of the failure to report US military overflights as “not normal” raises fundamental questions: what is now considered “normal” in Ireland’s approach to neutrality, and where does constitutional accountability lie? (“Failure to report US overflights ‘not normal’,” Politics, April 21st). Under Article 28 of the Constitution, executive power is … Continue reading Government And ‘Neutrality’— Letters
Trump: Caught In A Trap!
“Caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, Because I love you too much, Bibi!” President Trump is caught in a trap—very much of his own making! In being the leader of the Western Hemisphere, Trump has also ensnared the West in the trap, laid by Netanyahu and Israel over decades. For at least 25 … Continue reading Trump: Caught In A Trap!
Ireland, Poland and all humanity need peace not war
The Polish and Irish people have suffered too much historically, due to wars and occupation. Poland’s central European location makes its borders difficult to defend. Ireland’s isolated Atlantic ‘island behind an island’ location left it vulnerable to abusive British imperialism. Poland and Ireland achieved independence after World War I. While Ireland avoided the devastation of … Continue reading Ireland, Poland and all humanity need peace not war
Letters to the Editor
Israel: Support For The War On Iran? A reader has suggested that Israel has— "A general policy of hegemony, which some Jews supported and many opposed." Philip O'Connor responds: Are you sure you have not inverted the "some" and "many"? I don't know of a single official or semi-official Jewish organisation in the world that was not … Continue reading Letters to the Editor
Iran: Prime Minister Starmer’s Words of Wisdom!
Iran: Prime Minister Starmer's Words of Wisdom! The British Prime Minister, in the afternoon of February 2nd, made a statement about the attack on Iran by the Leader of the Free World and the Leader of the Jewish State that is aggressively colonising what remains of the territory allocated by the UN for a Palestinian … Continue reading Iran: Prime Minister Starmer’s Words of Wisdom!
Trump And Venezuela
We are told that Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world at some 300 billion barrels of proven reserves, and that explains Trump's recent actions in Venezuela. But the definition of 'proven reserves' is oil that it is technically possible to extract with current technology and extracting the oil and getting it to … Continue reading Trump And Venezuela
More Tariffs?
Letter to the Editor From Eamon Dyas Redefining tariffs as a security tool rather than an instrument of commercial relations has been a ploy of the EU Commission since last December (see link below). Ostensibly this new policy was a response to the recent actions of Russia in Ukraine but arguably the Commission had been … Continue reading More Tariffs?
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