Greenpeace say "good morning" to President Bush

Posted by bex — 20 July 2001 at 8:00am - Comments
ticket for waking bushIn the early hours, George Bush got a dawn wake up at Chequers when a micro-lite, trailing a "George W Bush - International Outlaw" banner, buzzed the house around 10 times.


George Bush and Tony Blair have flown out to Genoa for the start of the G8 summit today. G8 will bring together world leaders to debate globalisation.World Meteorological Organisation

Greenpeace has condemned President George W Bush as an international outlaw who refuses to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and is planning to break the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. The president came to London ahead of G8 to bully Tony Blair into supporting the American Government over its 'Star Wars' programme and justify his refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

Commenting on the President's visit, Stephanie Tunmore, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner, said:

"Bush is making the world a more dangerous place by refusing to take action to stop climate change and by building the Star Wars missile defence system which will trigger a new arms race. Tony Blair should tell George W Bush to stay home until he agrees to cancel the Star Wars programme and ratify the Kyoto protocol."

"Even though the US is saying it won't ratify the Kyoto Protocol they are still meddling and trying to sabotage attempts by the rest of the world to control global warming. This is totally unacceptable and shows that George Bush is not only indifferent to the rest of the world but is actively working to make our lives worse."

Andy Tait, Greenpeace Star Wars campaigner, added:
"Bush's Star Wars plans are a huge threat to global security. Star Wars will destroy existing arms control agreements and start a new arms race as other nations respond by building new nuclear weapons to evade the shield".

"Bush cannot develop Star Wars without help from Tony Blair as he needs to use US bases here. As George Bush arrives in the UK, Blair has a real opportunity to stand up for the international community and say no Bush's dangerous Star Wars plans."

 

 

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