A while back I speculated that the hype of Catholic Clergy abuse was in response to the Church's condemnation of the criminal invasion of Iraq by the United State of America. The Church had to be silenced. Now comes some wikileaks showing not quite the above, but the level of stupidity and venality of who we elect in USA. To wit:
Because many Catholic bishops in developing countries have been vehemently opposed to the controversial crops, the US applied particular pressure to the pope's advisers.
Cables from the US embassy in the Vatican show that the US believes the pope is broadly supportive of the crops after sustained lobbying of senior Holy See advisers, but regrets that he has not yet stated his support. The US state department special adviser on biotechnology as well as government biotech advisers based in Kenya lobbied Vatican insiders to persuade the pope to declare his backing. "… met with [US monsignor] Fr Michael Osborn of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, offering a chance to push the Vatican on biotech issues, and an opportunity for post to analyse the current state of play on biotech in the Vatican generally," says one cable in 2008.
"Opportunities exist to press the issue with the Vatican, and in turn to influence a wide segment of the population in Europe and the developing world," says another.
But in a setback, the US embassy found that its closest ally on GM, Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the powerful Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the man who mostly represents the pope at the United Nations, had withdrawn his support for the US.
"A Martino deputy told us recently that the cardinal had co-operated with embassy Vatican on biotech over the past two years in part to compensate for his vocal disapproval of the Iraq war and its aftermath – to keep relations with the USG [US government] smooth. According to our source, Martino no longer feels the need to take this approach," says the cable.
Of course he did, Martino got his facts straight and would not support the USA powers-that-be policies. These moves are acts of war. Agriculture is USA #1 export, and the leading edge of our imperialistic designs. Go on to read how Monsanto uses Blackwater to cover its tracks. AS the known science proves these frankenfoods to be harmful to human consumption, we'll see USA foods become less of interest overseas.
Big government and big food is a disastrous combination.
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