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I suspect many of you don’t know Catalonia from Babylonia, and couldn’t care less that you don’t. But, trust me, reading what follows will “connect” you far more than browsing social media ever could. Catalan separatists burned barricades and clashed with police in Barcelona on Thursday in a fourth night of violence triggered by Spain’s… Read more.
I’ve been commenting on Catalonia’s fight for independence for years. My commentaries range from “Catalonia: Spain’s Kosovo Problem,” October 1, 2012, to “Catalonia Continues Sisyphean Climb Towards Independence,” October 2, 2017. The latter includes this defining observation: ____________________ Catalonia held an independence referendum yesterday. But only the Einsteinian definition of ‘insanity’ explains why. It’s bad… Read more.
Catalonia held an independence referendum yesterday. But only the Einsteinian definition of “insanity” explains why. It’s bad enough that legal prohibitions and political machinations rendered it invalid. But this referendum followed similar referendums in 2009 and 2011, mass independence rallies in 2010 and 2012, a parliamentary declaration of sovereignty in 2013, a self-determination referendum in… Read more.
Pro-independence parties in Spain’s Catalonia region have won an absolute majority in regional elections… The separatists say the victory gives them a clear mandate to form an independent Catalan state. Spain’s central government in Madrid has pledged to challenge any unilateral moves towards independence in court (BBC, September 28, 2015) I’ve been commenting on pro-independence… Read more.
Britain went to war to reinforce its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. Therefore, it smacks of rank hypocrisy for Britain to be leading the chorus of European countries denouncing Serbia for merely threatening to go to war to reinforce its sovereignty over Kosovo… Kosovo embodies as much historical, cultural, and religious significance for Serbs as… Read more.
It smacks of rank hypocrisy for the British [who went to war to reinforce sovereignty over the Falkland Islands] to be denouncing the Serbs for merely threatening to go to war to reinforce sovereignty over Kosovo… Kosovo embodies as much historical, cultural and religious significance for Serbs as Mecca holds for Saudis. Moreover, it happens… Read more.
