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I meant to post about this yesterday. I was very struck by the discussion on the radio yesterday morning about the impending "banana war" - imposition of limited trade sanctions on the UK and other EU countries by the US. There was the US representative saying "we regret this but British intransigence has left us with no alternative - they've had plenty of opportunities to comply with our demands but refused them all". And there was the British government representative saying "It's unfair, it will damage the livelihood of innocent people who have nothing to do with the banana issue, there is an international forum for resolving such disputes but the Americans seem prepared to ignore it..." When did I last hear such things said about sanctions, and which side were the British politicians on then? rachel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Muers Clare College, Cambridge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deliver me, O my God, from the multitude of words with which I am inwardly afflicted in my soul... For I am not silent in my thoughts, even when I am silent in my words. (Augustine of Hippo, "De trinitate") -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html