Is Greenpeace coming unhinged? Never ones to turn
down time in the spotlight, 2013 saw the so-called environmentalist
organization sink to new and dangerous depths in order to garner
attention for itself and the "causes" it claims to support. From
breaking into French nuclear plants, to destroying Philippine
agricultural research centers, childish violence and criminality have
clearly become Greenpeace's chosen modus operandi.
And nowhere was this alarming trend more on display than in the high
seas drama surrounding the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise.
This
past summer, after entering Russian waters as part of Greenpeace's
"Confronting Oil" campaign, the Arctic Sunrise did little more than
harass law-abiding Russian citizens. Russian authorities took a
measured response to these provocations by giving the Greenpeace vessel
every opportunity to turn back from her disruptive course. The Russians
tried everything from verbal warnings, to international diplomatic
appeals, to a literal shot across the bow. Displaying great restraint,
the Russians even went so far as to allow the Greenpeace vessel to
depart Russian waters peacefully following an inspection, literally
letting them off with a warning.
Greenpeace's
response to Russian leniency was, sadly, all too predictable. Using a
degree of double think that only leftists are capable of, Greenpeace
took those warnings as both signs of weakness and fuel for the delusions
of persecution that is so much a part of their diseased worldview, and
thus they became increasingly aggressive. Finally, in September,
Greenpeace went too far when a team of "direct action specialists"
attempted to force their way onto a Gazprom drilling platform at sea.
The time for leniency was past, the aggressive actions of the crew of
the Arctic Sunrise were now placing themselves and all those around them
(the local environment not least) in serious danger. It was time for
the adults to step in and put a stop to the nonsense before someone got
hurt. And that's exactly what happened when the Russian Coast Guard took
the Arctic Sunrise's crew into custody.
Following
their arrest a months-long legal and diplomatic drama unfolded, and
continues to unfold as of this writing. Though prominently and
predictably featuring that staple of the environmentalist movement,
white boys with dreadlocks holding signs, Greenpeace's campaign calling
for the release of the so-called “Arctic 30” took on decidedly
disturbing overtones when the Dutch government not only filed a lawsuit
against the Russians in international court but Dutch police when so far
as to attack a Russian diplomat! This made it quite clear just how
thoroughly Greenpeace has wormed its way directly into the heart of the
nations of Western Europe.
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