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Brexit: How it threatens Ireland and how Americans can help | Irsh Times | The Brexiteers are also dismissive of the leaders of the 26 nations of the EU. However, the UK will need a new trade deal with the US under its new status. US Senator Tom Cotton (Republican, Arkansas) sent a letter to Boris Johnson, signed by 45 senators (out of 100 total senators) pledging to back a trade deal with Britain with or without a deal. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California) however has assured the Irish government and warned the British government that a UK/US trade deal will not pass the House Of Representatives if it threatens Ireland. This is recognition that a hard border threatens the delicate peace. Will Belfast ever have a Berlin Wall moment and tear down its 'peace walls'?
The Brexiteers are also dismissive of the leaders of the 26 nations of the EU. However, the UK will need a new trade deal with the US under its new status. US Senator Tom Cotton (Republican, Arkansas) sent a letter to Boris Johnson, signed by 45 senators (out of 100 total senators) pledging to back a trade deal with Britain with or without a deal. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California) however has assured the Irish government and warned the British government that a UK/US trade deal will not pass the House Of Representatives if it threatens Ireland. This is recognition that a hard border threatens the delicate peace.
Will Belfast ever have a Berlin Wall moment and tear down its 'peace walls'?
○ House committee passes Suozzi, King Brexit resolution protecting Ireland border
From archive, troubles and arms ...
○ Irish Northern Aid Committee ○ Gaddafi and the IRA's explosive relationship Hasbara is a dead language
First, if Britain leaves the EU with no deal, we will work with our administration, your government, and our friends in the EU to minimize disruptions in critical matters such as international financial transactions, and the shipment of medicine, food, and other vital supplies. Second, irrespective of how Brexit occurs, we recommit to the NATO security alliance and the "Vive Eyes" intelligence partnership. We also will advocate for a new bilateral trade agreement, as early as your Brexit terms would allow, that reflects the centuries of open commerce between our nations. Finally, we pledge our friendship in the future of the United Kingdom. Our soldiers have fought together from the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of Afghanistan. Together, we have toppled tyrants and liberated the oppressed. The shared stroy of our special relationship is a great one indeed, and we look forward to adding more chapters still.
Second, irrespective of how Brexit occurs, we recommit to the NATO security alliance and the "Vive Eyes" intelligence partnership. We also will advocate for a new bilateral trade agreement, as early as your Brexit terms would allow, that reflects the centuries of open commerce between our nations.
Finally, we pledge our friendship in the future of the United Kingdom. Our soldiers have fought together from the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of Afghanistan. Together, we have toppled tyrants and liberated the oppressed. The shared stroy of our special relationship is a great one indeed, and we look forward to adding more chapters still.
[Tom Cotton] pro British stance in the event of a no-deal Brexit will put him and the GOP senators in direct opposition with the Irish government supporters in the Congress. Speaker Nancy ["Pay-go"] Pelosi and Ways and Means Chair Ritchie ["Show me your TAXES"] Neal have vowed to block a trade deal if there is a no-deal Brexit and an attempt to restore the border.
Nancy Pelosi says the House can block a negotiated trade agreement - TPA. I assumed she knows.
Related reading ...
○ Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority | Brookings - 2001 | ○ What's Really in the New Trade Promotion Authority Bill? | Cato - 2015 |
Boris tried to fast-track his Brexit deal through HoC --- been negotiating with Brussels, not the White House. Hasbara is a dead language
Instead reconsider unstated assumptions about legitimate executive powers:
Not bound by a U.S. Constitution ... separation of powers ... sue the hell out of everybody ..., don't compromise or negotiate ... at last a bully president in the mansion called "White House" ... trample on the rights of anyone near .... guns are the rule of law ... disagreement? ... we'll unite and send in the U.S. Marines ... a matter of time and the numbers until this is recognized by civilised States ... International Law or treaties? ... useful to wipe one's ass in the out house.
At last we seem to agree on something! 😑 Hasbara is a dead language
Legal, political, and popular opposition: zero
United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom established 1998, US Congress
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (a/k/a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) established 2001, EO
Legal, political, and popular opposition: zero -- US Constitution, 1st Amd, "establishment" clause --
archived executive office administration Ripley's Believe it or not, EC description of Commission Secretary General title ... The Dictator and the Decider "He's doing our work for us, in a certain respect," said the speaker of the House. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
"It seems like Republicans and Democrats are intractable," said Mark Updegrove, a presidential historian and chairman of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. "They are both adhering to their own versions of reality, whether they're based in truth or not." The political divisions today reflect societal and economic schisms between more rural, largely white communities where the economy depends on industries being depleted by outsourcing and automation, and more urban, racially diverse areas dominated by a service economy and where technology booms are increasing wealth. Many of those divisions existed before Trump, but his presidency has exacerbated them. Trump has panned his political opponents as "human scum," while Democrats view his vision for America's future as anathema to the nation's founding values.
The political divisions today reflect societal and economic schisms between more rural, largely white communities where the economy depends on industries being depleted by outsourcing and automation, and more urban, racially diverse areas dominated by a service economy and where technology booms are increasing wealth.
Many of those divisions existed before Trump, but his presidency has exacerbated them. Trump has panned his political opponents as "human scum," while Democrats view his vision for America's future as anathema to the nation's founding values.
And has any general from the winning side in a war ever been prosecuted for war crimes? Index of Frank's Diaries
actual reference U.S. Code CHAPTER 7-- TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM, U.S. Code § 1801. Statement of purposes christ Kennedy admin Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
etc Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Northern Ireland's violent past looms over last-ditch Brexit talks | NBC News | Analysis: These are distressing times for those of us who were children when "the Troubles" began, who lived through its daily carnage. In Ireland, we say the past is never over. And it has come back to haunt us as the prospect of a disorderly Brexit looms. I was 9 years old when the war we euphemistically call "the Troubles" began in Northern Ireland. "Troubles" doesn't come close to describing it. I vividly recall the bloodstained images of the attack on civil rights marchers by police in 1968 that set off this terrible explosion of violence. It was a war that not only killed more than 3,700, it injured an estimated 47,000 people in at least 37,000 shootings and over 16,000 bombings.
Analysis: These are distressing times for those of us who were children when "the Troubles" began, who lived through its daily carnage.
In Ireland, we say the past is never over. And it has come back to haunt us as the prospect of a disorderly Brexit looms.
I was 9 years old when the war we euphemistically call "the Troubles" began in Northern Ireland.
"Troubles" doesn't come close to describing it.
I vividly recall the bloodstained images of the attack on civil rights marchers by police in 1968 that set off this terrible explosion of violence. It was a war that not only killed more than 3,700, it injured an estimated 47,000 people in at least 37,000 shootings and over 16,000 bombings.
Brexit long negotiations is proof there is no solution to the Irish border question. From above map, the Irish border is Sein Fein territory.
○ How Brexit Put a United Ireland Back on the Map Hasbara is a dead language
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