Latrade, from reading your last few posts is it fair to say that you believe that, amongst other vested interests, the EU armament industry are funding/promoting the Yes campaign and that for all you know it is concerned Irish citizens who are funding the No campaign? Because that's how it reads.
No its not fair to say that, not even remotely.
I stated there have been multi-national employers that have stated that a No vote would affect their future decisions regarding investment in Ireland. However, to my knowlegde they haven't engaged in any funding or physical campagining, largely because they see it as Ireland's decision and beyond a statement (a pretty strong not too subtle one it has to be admitted) they feel it is inappropriate to directly fund or participate.
This is in contrast to the Libertas campaign that has funding from outside of Ireland, but then as you say Ganley is a patriot, just one who has to get his funding from unknown sources from outside the state.
The issue of the arms industry is that there are native companies that provide technology to various arms companies. The Treaty means Europe is less dependent on the American arms industry and American Arms R&D. This will benefit the Irish technology companies, it will not benefit some of the "cannot be named for legal reasons" foreign investors in the Libertas campaign.
As with all employers, these native Irish companies are free to put their money into any campaign or lobbying they wish. This is all on record and can be accessed through any freedom of information request. They are a few among many other corporate, political and independent sources who have chosen to invest in the Yes campaign.
The real question is why Grand Patriot Concerned Irish Citizen Ganely's "cannot be named for legal reasons" investors are not native, have no business involvement in Ireland, are not open about who they are and why they object to the Treaty.
My reading, therefore, of your statement is that free, open and public funding from native business is in someway nefarious, yet non-Irish funding from "cannot be named for legal reasons" sources, who do not provide any investment or jobs in Ireland wish to fund an individual while hiding behind numerous layers of smoke and subtefuge is honest, patriotic and concerned citizens (though only one is actually a citizen).
Dunno, just seems you've got the priorities wrong. You're also against a federal Europe, but seem willing to support the involvement of the US in European affairs in order to achieve this misguided principle. You seem keen to keep European armies under the control of the US. You seem keen to ensure that european defence spending is at the whim of American and British companies, to which Britain and America would retain the "first dibs" on the best stuff and smaller states would effectively continue to look for cast offs, old stock and black market equipment.
Last and not least. Of all the great patriots this nation has known and owes its existence to are you really putting Ganley up there with them? Think about that for a bit before using such superlatives in future.
