Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-29-Speech-3-022"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030129.2.3-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-29-Speech-3-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Political torment plagued Europe in the last century. The ideologically ‘legitimised’ obsession with power on the part of dictators created millions of victims. They certainly did not spare their own citizens. Is the parallel with the loathsome regime of Saddam Hussein not obvious here? We should therefore be talking about ‘liberation’ and not ‘war’ in respect of Iraq. At least that is how Saddam’s victims see it. Sadly enough, they cannot count on the unanimous support of the Member States of the European Union in this regard. In fact the opposite is true. The concept of the containment of Saddam’s reign of terror is evidently being fostered in the European Union despite all the extremely negative experiences with Baghdad’s Ba’athists over the past 10 years. Today this strategy is being continued in the European desire to extend the UN inspections in Iraq. That Saddam is again flouting a compulsory Security Council resolution does not spoil the European illusion of Saddam’s total disarmament. It is first and foremost the inhabitants of Mesopotamia who are the ongoing victims of the international community’s failure to appreciate the true nature of Saddam’s ‘Republic of Fear’. Do the Member States of the European Union want to have this on their consciences, particularly given their own painful experiences during the last century? Furthermore, Iraq under Saddam remains a permanent potential threat to the entire Middle East, not least on account of her oil reserves. Desperate diseases need desperate remedies, as the saying goes. War is awful, but the consequences of an overly tolerant attitude may in time cause more devastation. Recent European history should show government leaders their responsibility in this regard."@en1

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