By Mike Karadjis
"American B-52s, which took off from Crete, have just bombed Ankara with surgical accuracy! Why? President Bush declared that the economic embargo and the 16-year ultimatum, which had been presented for the withdrawal of Turkish occupation troops from northern Cyprus, based on United Nations decisions, had expired!"
This announcement to the European Parliament on January 23 didn't make international headlines, but it did cause momentary panic in the parliament, followed by uproar as Dimitris Desyllas, MP of the Greek New Left Current, continued:
"Further, French Mirage jets mercilessly bombed Israel after France had previously taken care to transfer all the Palestinian people to bomb shelters and provide them with gas masks. This occurred because the economic embargo, break in diplomatic relations and the 20-year ultimatum which has been placed on Israel for its blatant violations of international law (long-time occupation of Palestinian land, crimes on an everyday basis against Palestinian children etc) had expired."
Panic turned to a mixture of cheering and furious protests. Particularly outraged were European "socialist" admirers of the French president. Nevertheless, as Desyllas had only 60 seconds to explain the view of his organisation on the war, he didn't let this uproar interrupt his statement:
"Simultaneously, EEC intercontinental missiles hit New York to punish the US for its brazen violations of international law with its invasions and occupation of Panama and Grenada.
"Thus, international justice was enforced, and the UN, from the fake-UN and the Korea-type UN, was suddenly upgraded, obtained real weight and turned into the UN of the world's peoples ...
"Fortunately, a developing international antiwar and anti-imperialist movement exists, the hope of our times ... This movement is beginning to understand what Brecht said: 'Your peace prepares your war and your war prepares your peace.'"
The "socialist" president of the Europarliament, Enrich Baron Krespo, then turned off power to the microphone.
Desyllas was elected to the Europarliament in 1989 as a candidate of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) but defected to the New Left Current shortly afterwards when it was set up by KKE leaders and thousands of others who left the party or were expelled because they opposed the KKE joining a governing coalition with the right-wing New Democracy.