U.S. conspired to retaliate against European nations if they resisted GMOs

[BanzaiBonnie]

Another reason we need Wikileaks

Revealed by Wikileaks ~

The cable reveals the words of Craig Stapleton, the US ambassador to France, who was pushing the commercial interests of the biotech industry by attempting to force GMOs into France. In his own words (below), he expresses his frustration with the idea that France might pass environmental laws that would hamper the expansion of GMOs:

"Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France playing a leading role, along with Austria, Italy and even the Commission... Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voice."

Got that so far? His own words: "Retaliation" as a way to "make clear" that resisting GMOs will have a price.

Stapleton goes on to say something rather incredible:

"Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits. The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory..."


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030828_GMOs_Wikileaks.html#ixzz19JnGHK1X

All of a sudden the Blackwater story adds up

This all reminds me of a story published a few months back by The Nation in which Jeremy Scahill exposed a link between Monsanto and the military contractor known as Blackwater. His article claimed that Monsanto had hired Blackwater spies to "infiltrate activist groups organizing against the multinational biotech firm." (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/...)

Monsanto vehemently denied the allegation. I looked hard at covering that story at the time but could not substantiate the accusations to my satisfaction. However, given the new information gleaned from these leaked diplomatic cables -- which blatantly state that the GMO conspirators plan to "calibrate a target retaliation list" -- all of a sudden the Blackwater story adds up.

This is the verbage of a military-style retaliation campaign, and that's exactly the business of Blackwater. Remember how Stapleton said the US needed to "cause some pain?" That's Blackwater's calling card!

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030828_GMOs_Wikileaks.html#ixzz19JnmUu9H

[Billy Burnett]

1. At what point does the rest of the world wake up to the fact that ...

... the American people aren't going to fix broken America so they will have to rid the planet of such pestilence?

[cali]

4. oh for fuck's sake.

yeah, the U.S. is just a pustule and everyone in the U.S. should be killed. Or kill themselves to rid the planet of such evil.

You first. Please.

[EFerrari]

2. Who else has hired mercs for infiltration.

I caught some clips of the protests in Vancouver during the Olympics that were of "undercover cops" being called out by activists. It struck me at the time that these guys didn't look like normal cops. Their vibe was just different and when they were called out, they didn't seem to be trained on how to respond. Hmm.

[leveymg]

3. The reference to "retaliation" could also mean WTO trade sanctions

We may be reading too much into the term. However, there's no question that firms like Blackwater also function as industrial espionage and public perceptions management tools to infiltrate, surveil, and disrupt other companies and advocacy groups involved in commercial disputes.

[BanzaiBonnie]

5. You're right, it could mean that

Why not use the term sanction rather than retaliation? We've seen too much of the same sort of thing going on in South America.

But when it looks like a duck...

We're conditioned by the media to ignore what our lying eyes tell us.

[leveymg]

6. "Retaliatory tariffs" is a technical term used in trade sanctions.

"Sanctions" has a more general meaning and is commonly used to describe a broader range of punative measures in international trade and security.

[tabatha]

7. This is democracy?

that the US likes to force on others at the point of a gun?

I see the "land of the free" only applies to the US.

I really, really hope that Europe did not change their stand.

[fascisthunter]

8. fascism

[G_j]

9. K&R