On peut d’une fa\u00e7on tr\u00e8s compr\u00e9hensible, et avec les meilleurs arguments du monde, partager la d\u00e9ception et l’amertume de George Monbiot dans sa chronique du Guardian<\/em> du 31 juillet<\/a>, \u00e0 propos de cette affaire de Menwith Hill<\/a>. Le gouvernement britannique a agi comme un minable chapardeur de poules, comme un pickpocket \u00e0 la petite semaine, comme s’il avait conscience<\/strong> de l’infamie qu’il commet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLisons, \u00e9coutons ce que nous dit l’amertume de Monbiot. Apr\u00e8s nous avoir rappel\u00e9 cette pitoyable aventure du r\u00e9seau anti-missiles en Europe, quel mot la r\u00e9sume plus que celui d’idiocy<\/em> (nous ne traduirons pas)? il conclut :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab In April, Des Browne told MPs that the UK has received no request from the US to use RAF Menwith Hill for missile-defence-related activities. That, until last week, was all that parliament knew. Now we discover that the proposition had been made and accepted before MPs had a chance to discuss it. Browne was in the house on Wednesday, when he made some announcements about aircraft carriers and the military budget. These because they were delivered in person could be discussed, though (shamefully) neither of them provoked any opposition. But knowing that the Menwith Hill decision would be furiously opposed, Browne released it in the form of a written statement, which cannot be debated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbLike everyone on the left in Britain, I wanted to believe that Gordon Brown’s politics would be more progressive than Tony Blair’s. But as he grovels before the seat of empire, I realise that those of us who demand even a vaguely sane foreign policy will find ourselves in permanent opposition. With his appointment of Digby Jones as trade minister and his plans for deregulation, Brown demonstrated that the government is still mesmerised by big business. By proposing that suspects be held for up to 56 days without charge, he appears to share Tony Blair’s distrust of liberty. Now, in one furtive decision, he reveals both his contempt for parliament and his enthusiasm for the neocon project. What, I wonder, is there left to hope for?<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tQu’est-ce que tout cela signifie? Que Gordon Brown trompe son monde en affirmant implicitement sa volont\u00e9 d’\u00e9tablir de nouvelles relations avec les USA? Qu’il l\u00e2che du lest avec les USA pour pouvoir \u00e9tablir ces nouvelles relations? Qu’il n’a rien eu \u00e0 dire dans une d\u00e9cision qui \u00e9tait prise avant qu’il ne devienne Premier ministre? Dans tous les cas, il ne s’en tire pas glorieusement, et d’ailleurs il ne s’en tire pas du tout. Cela ne remet rien en cause de ce qu’on peut envisager<\/a> d’une \u00e9volution du Royaume-Uni ; de fa\u00e7on diff\u00e9rente, cela en mesure toute la difficult\u00e9. D\u00e9sormais, par rapport aux promesses implicites de changement qu’il a faites, Gordon Brown va devoir ruser assez bassement pour continuer \u00e0 donner certains gages aux USA. Exercice bien difficile, qui fera regretter \u00e0 certains Britanniques le temps b\u00e9ni de la souverainet\u00e9 et de l’ind\u00e9pendance britanniques.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tD’autre part, cette affaire de Menwith Hill n’est pas de tout repos et Brown risque d’y laisser des plumes. Ce n’est pas un coup, une affaire qu’on oublie une fois le larcin commis. Elle se situe dans le cadre plus vaste de la crise des anti-missiles, prototype de la crise stupide (idiocy<\/em>) par excellence, promise \u00e0 enfler d\u00e9mesur\u00e9ment, \u00e0 s’aggraver de mois en mois en plein cur de l’Europe, \u00e0 se rappeler r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement \u00e0 notre bon souvenir de fa\u00e7on de plus en plus insistante. (Les Russes s’en chargeront, \u00e0 qui croit-on avoir affaire? A des enfants de choeur? Croit-on qu’ils ne profiteront pas d’une crise de cet acabit, o\u00f9 ils ont facilement le beau role et o\u00f9 ils sentent de si fortes divisions chez les Occidentaux?). Nous restons toujours \u00e9bahis devant les politiques compl\u00e8tement aveugles que suivent les gouvernements occidentaux (europ\u00e9ens) en suivant le syst\u00e8me am\u00e9ricaniste qui fonce aveugl\u00e9ment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 4 ao\u00fbt 2007 \u00e0 11H32<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On peut d’une fa\u00e7on tr\u00e8s compr\u00e9hensible, et avec les meilleurs arguments du monde, partager la d\u00e9ception et l’amertume de George Monbiot dans sa chronique du Guardian du 31 juillet, \u00e0 propos de cette affaire de Menwith Hill. 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