| John O'Shea, Irish Examiner, 23rd March 2005
HAVING clearly failed to engage the conscience of our political
community on the issue, I pose a question for the Irish public.
Why does there continue to be no apparent sense of outrage in this
country over our tacit support of corrupt regimes in the third world?
I have repeatedly placed incontrovertible evidence of this corruption
in front of our political leaders, yet millions of euro of Irish
taxpayers' money continues to flow through the hands of African
leaders who - routinely - betray and, frequently, brutalise their
own people.
Perhaps my repeated expressions of exasperation on this subject
have begun to sound tedious to some. If so, I apologise.
Can anybody honestly explain to me why politicians in this country
remain so utterly immune to the kind of harrowing evidence that
has drawn even the World Bank to issue statements about confronting
corrupt governments?
Forgive me for labouring the point, but why on earth do we continue
to bank-roll evil?
John O'Shea
GOAL
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