Dear Sir,
In your viewpoint of June 27th, titled The let down over Gib, you dismissed the idea of the intentional invasion of a Spanish beach by the British Royal Marines with a far fetched example of D-Day, when the beaches were far away and no GPS systems available, disregarding the opinion of today's military experts. The Spanish as a whole think it is high time the British government stops wronging Spain with the tenancy of a colony on its soil, after all both countries are allies. The British military, part of the political establishment, is of course reluctant to return Gib. because it is a base with all the devices to monitor or spy on the European net of communications. What about the inhabitants of Gib? I understand their opposition to being integrated in Spain when you consider that nearly half of Spaniards think of their state, not as a motherland, but as a sinister stepmother. But the true issue for the Gibraltarians is their parasitical (money-laundering, contraband, no taxation etc.) way of life coming to an end with Spanish sovereignty. The juridical status of Gibraltar given in the Utrecht Treaty is very clear and can not be altered unilaterally and states such as property is ceded with territorial jurisdiction and without open communication on land with the neighbour country. Yours sincerely.
Time the British government stops wronging Spain
04/07/2002 00:00
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