War an issue for the next general election

WAR has very rarely been an issue in an Irish general election. However, the decision of Bertie Ahern’s Government to destroy Irish neutrality by actively supporting the US war on Iraq by turning Shannon Airport into a de facto US airforce base means that it will be an issue in the next one.

The US and Britain invaded, conquered and occupied Iraq in order to gain control of Iraq’s oil and to consolidate US/Israeli military domination of the Middle East.

The defeat of this FF/PD Government and its replacement by a government that terminates the use of Shannon in imperialist wars will be the central objective of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance from now until the election.