Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A broken promise

On Sunday morning in Prague in front of the statue of the Czech hero Tomas Masaryk, President Barak Obama gave a sensational speech where he outlined US policy on the future of nuclear weapons in the 21st century.

Close to the end of his speech, referring to the Korean test rocket the previous day, he said, "Rules must be binding. Words must mean something."

The Irish Government made a commitment to the developing world and has now broken its promise. Do words mean nothing for the Irish Government?

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