Come November the US military will no longer be using Shannon Airport for the large numbers of troop transfers that have been helping make Shannon a viable economic entity. In last week's editorial about the prisoner transfer bungle he Limerick Leader says that the Irish government has gone too far appeasing the "anti-American brigade" and not combated the anti-war propaganda with any conviction.
It would be nice to find out if this 'appeasement' played any part in the decision to shift the military traffic to Leipzig. I doubt the decision to shift the operation to Leipzig is in any way related to the anti-war protestors' actions, but it is possible that the Irish government's 'appeasement' of the anti-war camp may well have played a part.
