Thursday, May 20, 2010
[The following, by Eamonn McDonagh, is crossposted from Z Word.]
Michael Mansfield is a renowned British criminal lawyer and in an open letter to Nick Clegg, Britain's new Deputy Prime Minister, in today's Guardian he writes,
As I write, a flotilla of ships convened by a collective of courageous individuals is heading towards the coast of Gaza laden with cement for the long overdue reconstruction [...] the Royal Navy (recently employed to rescue stranded airline passengers) should be on hand to prevent the Israeli navy from violating the lawful activities of European citizens.
Poor Mansfield, he mixes yearning for an imperial past when the Royal Navy, simply by appearing on the scene and inspiring fear, could be used to impose Britain's will on rebellious colonial subjects, with a notable ignorance of the state of the Senior Service today. Pity the people whose interests Mansfield and those like him seek to defend.
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