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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

WikiLeaks Exposes Corruption as France Bans Monsanto’s GMO Maize

Author:     ANNE SEWELL
Source:     Digital Journal
Publication Date:     4-Jun-12
 Link: WikiLeaks Exposes Corruption as France Bans Monsanto’s GMO Maize
Stephan:   Here is an example of how the Virtual Corporate States own and control the U.S. government, showing how the government works on behalf of its corporate masters. This is a major failure of the Obama Administration but, once again, as bad as it is, under a Rightist administration it would be much worse.

Coming soon after France bans GMO maize, WikiLeaks cables expose details of ‘military-style trade wars’ against countries who reject Monsanto GMOs.

France banned the Monsanto MON 810 ‘Yieldgard’ maize due to environmental and health concerns. And now the European Union is stepping in to re-secure Monsanto’s presence in that country, against the will of the nation itself.

Back in 2007, the U.S. ambassador to France, Craig Stapleton, who is a business partner of George W. Bush, stated that nationals who do not accept Monsanto’s GMO crops will be ‘penalized’. He stated that the nations should be threatened with ‘military-styled trade wars’.
So it is no surprise that the move to maintain Monsanto’s grip on France is all about the fact that the U.S. and other nations are continually pushing Monsanto’s agenda.

Monsanto has major (and most likely financial) connections with political heads that have actually threatened to use these trade wars.
In January, WikiLeaks cables came to light revealing the information concerning the deep involvement of Monsanto in political circles.
In this cable, is a statement made by Craig Stapleton:

‘Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, […]

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