Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-27-Speech-4-130"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030327.3.4-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-27-Speech-4-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"For a year and a half we have known that President Bush of the United States wanted war. Now that war is a reality, many politicians seem to have forgotten their objections. They deplore the fact that the United States is acting outside the UN, but now want to show that they have remained friends. The focus of attention has shifted to the redevelopment of a common foreign policy in the EU and common military action. People no longer want to talk about the disaster for the Iraqi population, which has already suffered many years of war, isolation and sanctions, but rather about post-war reconstruction. Of course, no one need shed any tears if the brutal dictator Saddam is removed, something which might have succeeded much earlier if Europe, the United States and Russia had not supplied him with weapons. We do not know whether his successor will be any better for the Iraqi people, but he will certainly be better for the supply of oil to the United States. The Kurds want their freedom, but the chance of breaking away from Iraq will not come from the United States. I am afraid that the only result of any US victory will be that the US Government will wage war more often against regimes it considers hostile. That is why this war must be stopped before it is too late. The majority that rejects stopping it becomes an accessory. Their best-case scenario now is that no judgment be passed."@en1

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