In 2007, then-U.S. ambassador to France Craig Stapleton conspired to retaliate against European countries for their anti-biotech policies. U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal the Bush administration formulated battle plans to extract revenge against Europe for refusing to use genetically modified seeds.
In the leaked cable, Stapleton writes: “Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France playing a leading role, along with Austria, Italy and even the [European] Commission…Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voice.”
Ambassador Stapleton goes on to write: “Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits. The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory,” he wrote.
Found by Cinàedh.
Unless of course the U.S. ambassador is really in the pay of the EU. By proposing a plan where the US government intervenes in EU laws he will create a strong backlash against GM crops thus giving victory to our organic farming euro overlords.
Or is that just what they want you to think ….?
Looks like Bush won … Again!!
I thought they were anti-science?
U.S. Capitalistic Imperialism at its “FINEST” !!!
No wonder the U.S. is HATED WORLD-WIDE !!!
#4 ‘Hated’ is a bit strong – it’s more like a comedy that keeps repeating the same old tired jokes with the same old tired characters for too long.
US the ‘friends’ of democracy
You do want the Awesome States of America to rule the world, don’t you? Why would you want the frogs to get away with this crap without being punished?
Controlling the food supply is an important part of the plan and the patriots at Monsanto are Winning The Future!!!!!
#6 – you can’t accuse Monsanto of cutting corners.
It’s an incredible piece of medical research to run a trial of the health benefits of a GM and HFCS diet on 300million people for so long.
How are the health benefits showing up compared to the control group north of the border?
President Cheney and his monkey wanted a carpet bombing of Europe but they remembered family was seeing the Eiffel Tower.
#7 Nobody indeed.
How many cabinet members, congressmen, senators and Supreme Court justices are on Monsanto’s payroll, anyway???
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Winning!
The words “US” and “long term” in the same sentence?
This is a fake.
can you say..
FOOD as a weapon?
Look it up, be amazed.
I thought they were anti-science?
it’s isn’t about science, it’s about money, you buffoon.
As carbonated high-fructose corn syrup continues to be the daily beverage of choice for millions of Americans, perhaps our best competitive chances going forward lie in convincing the rest of the developed world to eat as poorly as we already do, and that should include genetically modified foods.
Who wants to win the race to the bottom?
#5 Not really. I think you’ll find ‘hated’ to be a very widely distributed feeling towards the US outside the borders.
Loathed, despised and repugnant will be out there too.
Some areas of the world not buying……shame….
call the White House and remind them who owns this country……
and has owned it….ever since people forgot Eisenhower’s Farewell Address(1961).
The last President who dared to warn of the Corporate enemy within.
As long as the Monsanto stockholders and senior executives are making a bundle of cash every three months, I can’t see where there’s any problem here at all.
Really, this is the sole purpose of the United States government and always has been, isn’t it?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 235 years in a row, shame on me.
God forbid the US do things that support US businesses abroad.
Corporate Fascism at it’s finest and horrifying!