MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Taiana resigns after “strong exchange” with Mrs. Kirchner; Timmerman replaces him
Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and a close ally of the ruling Kirchner couple since 2003, unexpectedly resigned Friday allegedly because of “lack of support and differences” in the implementation of the country foreign policy. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“.... where he was to present Argentina’s case before the UN C-24 decolonization committee demanding immediate sovereignty discussions with Britain regarding the Falklands ....”
Jun 19th, 2010 - 04:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0I reckon he just didn't fancy repeating himself for the fourth year on the trot, after all - that brick wall can start to hurt after a while :-)
I'm sure the new lad will cope though, he only has to copy last year's speech.
As was the case with the Brown Labour government the current Argentine leadership is in political decline (and Gordon Brown had a better approval rating)! Years of back handers, economic mismanagement and ineffective policy descisions have taken their toll and CFK doesn't appear to trust members of her team (even her close allies). Such micro-management is a clear sign of a lack of effective leadership and it is hard to turn around. CFK could learn from her buddy Chavez about ways to remain president while at the same time being a complete failure.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 07:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0H.Timmerman !?!?!?!?!?
Jun 19th, 2010 - 07:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0just two questions ??
1)- do you have any relations with Mossad Agents who located at Malvinas(Falkland) Islands ?
2)- do you have any relations with George Soros who has shares
in Desire Petroleum ?
what is the orginal name of George Soros ? ( ........ ........... )?
yul, Germany
yul/3
Jun 19th, 2010 - 08:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0of course that.....................
Taiana is out.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 09:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0The new minister is 100 times more capable.
He is Hector Timerman, son of Jacobo Timerman
A link for those of you that Think that knowing your opponent is valuable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_Timerman
Can already imagine the sarcastic “jew comments” from the “Blood & Honour” and “Combat 18” people in here...
i have two question to Timmerman too ??
Jun 19th, 2010 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Timmerman ;
(1) do foreign powers drive you to manipulate Malvinas Crisis ?
or,
(2) does Argentina Government drive you to manipulate MalvinasCrisis ?
What is the crisis? Argentine politicians have a habit of using the Islands to divert attention away from their political failings. The only people who think there is a crisis in the Falklands are the Argentine ultra-nationalists (many of whom appear here) as well as CFK as she attempts to clings onto power. No one else in the world actually cares; apart from Argentina's dictator friend Chavez who has also presided over the economic disaster in his own country.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 11:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0There is no crisis in the Falklands and the only reason that the Argentine leadership have ruled out a military blockage etc. is because they have also presided over the deconstruction of the Argentine forces.
All in all the current leadership have failed their country but continue to bang on about a small group of Islands that have nothing to do with them and a group of Islanders who want to have a friendly relationship with their closest neighbour.
(7) Beef
Jun 19th, 2010 - 11:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope you are a better investor than political analyst!
Argentina will continue to hotly contest the area, denying investors certainty about the legal status of the disputed area.
The potential for embargoes, sanctions and loss of rights would be too great for shareholders and operating companies will be unwilling to take the legal, political and commercial risks of developing natural resources.
As MercoPress doesn’t mention this. (not even in their Energy&Oil Topics)...........
I will!
“Rats abandoning ship”
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/18/news/companies/BP_Anadarko/index.htm?hpt=T1
“Brits are masters at stonewalling”
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/18/news/companies/BP_Anadarko/index.htm?hpt=T1
Keep the good work up Tony!
Boycot Petroleum!
Think. After our last communication was able to buy BP at 335 and sold at 360. A good trade in a 24hr period :-). I can tell you that looking at the Institutional holdings of the FI oil expo companies that the big boys with the big money have no concerns regarding the legality of the current project. The recent RKH placing at £2.80 was snapped up.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0K
Regarding my political analysis! A change in approach to the islands from the Argentine leadership is long overdue and would be a more mature and respectful way to progress. Big business opportunities for Argentina would follow! Last time you indicated that this is something that would be good for Argentina.
Let's be careful. There are rumours that Chevron “engineered” the Deepwater Horizon spill in order that BP be driven to the wall and Chevron could take it over. Great care needs to be allowing South American involvement in Falklands Oil in case they try something similar.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 12:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good profit margin!
Jun 19th, 2010 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Keep producing and working to get us out of the crisis.
Long live unproductive speculation.
Wonder what we all would eat if we all did as you.
Enjoy your money.
Just because a dispute exists does not mean there is any legal uncertainty about sovereignty. Don't flatter yourself Think.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Apart from Argentina and possibly Venezuela, can you point to any country in the world which has clearly stated, in an official document, that the Falkland Islands are not British territory.
Think. My money is to provide for my family and to give my son (and future children) the ability to choose his/their own future, rather than be limited by the constructs of society. No wasting money on fine wines and fast cars for me (although I am partial to the occassional business class seat on Emirates - but at 6ft 1inch you can forgive me this).
Jun 19th, 2010 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My issue is that politicians have a tendancy to put their own interests in the way of what would be the most logical solution. I do not expect Argentina to drop it's claim to the Islands but feel that the current rhetoric is childish and is dismissing the huge revenues that would come Argentina's way if they decided to collaborate. The slum dwellers in BA could benefit from some further assistance so their children can go to University etc. At present it appears they only get handouts in the run up to an election. This is a bit disrespectful on the part of the Peronists. What do you think?
( 13 )Beef
Jun 19th, 2010 - 02:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ok Sooory....
Is just that......
Your comments about shares, markets and easy money reminded me somehow of Patrik Bateman and his co-workers pitting their business cards against each other, debating the merits of bone, eggshell, and off-white.
Regards to the Missus and brats ☺
Interesting, the new boy gets sworn in on Tuesday ... isn't that the day he's supposed to be appearing before the C-24 ??
Jun 19th, 2010 - 02:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”According to NBC's evening news, the general feeling in Britain (or at least, the general feeling among $ome politician$) is the the US “has its boot to the throat” of BP, and that the rhetoric is strongly anti-British, that the US wants BP to fail and that this will cause hardship to the 18 million shareholders and pension funds with their nest egg in BP.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 02:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just so y'all know, I think that BP should pay every penny and then some. They're a bunch of crooked moneygrubbers who are really, really sorry they got caught. Not for what they had happen on their watch, but because they got caught”.
I dont know what are the true reason's of minister taiana's resignation, what this articule says, are just the speculations of the repugnant and samefull press that we have.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Whatever are the true reasons, what is unacceptable, is to take the words of the catastrophic and pathetic elisa carrio, i wont never forgive my self for having voted her in 2007 to be te president or our country, her and most politicians of the oponent politic partys, have never recognized not even one fucking achievement to the k's administration, anyway the kirchner dont talk so much about the mistake that they made, they mention so much more the achievements, that is not a true good politician.
It's a lamentable lost taiana's resignation, he was a good minister, anyway i think that hector timerman will make a good administration too.
AXEL HERRERA REYES.
“ ... the rhetoric is strongly anti-British, ...”
Jun 19th, 2010 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BP is an international company .. hasn't been British for a long time. If they're at fault then they should pay .......... regardless of the rhetoric. Of course 39% of the companies shares are owned by US citizens who will also lose out ... 40% by the British, I wonder how many Argentine citizens own shares?
(15) Hoyt
Jun 19th, 2010 - 03:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Believe it or not, Timerman has more important issues that them Islands!
They are not going anywhere anyhow.
We have good cheap soldiers guarding them :-)
Meanwhile - back to the subject of the foreign affairs minister -
Jun 19th, 2010 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It should be rather obvious that there is only one foreign affairs minister in Argentina, and that is Nestor Kirchner. It appears that Taiana finally got tired of only doing what he was told instead of doing something on his own. As far as the new minister, he has always done what he was told, and as long as he follows Nestor´s orders he will continue in the position. And, the world knows what kind of foreign understanding K has always exhibited. Just keep those suitcases full of money and all is well!
I assume that means that you have the Argentine army all along your shoreline? That being as close as they dare come!
Jun 19th, 2010 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“ hasn't been British for a long time”?
Jun 19th, 2010 - 06:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wikipedia
“BP plc[2][3] is a British-based global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. A multinational oil company (”oil major”), BP is the United Kingdom's largest corporation, with its headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London.[4][5][6] BP America's headquarters is in the One Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor area of Houston, Texas.[7] The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world and is one of the six “supermajors” (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies).[8] The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange and is also a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Since the 20 April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, in which 11 people died, BP's public standing and stock value have dropped substantially, losing nearly half of its market capitalization.[9] The disaster, involving a leaking deep water oil well, has devastated a vast area of the United States marine environment, has killed marine life, and has had a serious impact on the local fishing industry.”
hello mr.K hardliner!!
Jun 19th, 2010 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mr.T represents jewish, proamerican, anti-iranian agenda.
SA 2010 is for arg or br; south atlantic is mare nostrum.
Response to Marco:
Jun 19th, 2010 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It doesn't matter. It's only Americans. Could this be the biggest ever spill? They always have to have everything bigger. Including mouths.
Ay’up, lads
Jun 19th, 2010 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BP Spill Blame Obama!
America betrays BP and UK attacking a sound Company!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/06/post.html
The ocean is covered with oil thanks to British Petroleum and his CEO Tony Hayward is having fun in England.
Jun 19th, 2010 - 11:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/19/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?hpt=T2
BP is in reality an Anglo-American company and thankyou Think for providing the link that confirms it. I hadn't realised that BP's history was so .... colourful :-)
Jun 20th, 2010 - 02:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0As for the new man having a lot to do, well I should hope so or it's not much of a job. Whatever happened to that special panel the Argentine government set up a while back to look at all issues Falkland? They ever produce anything?
Think you are a typical arrogant Argentinian who “thinks” they know what they are taking about. You are a childish fool and an embarrassment that has probably never traveled outside of your country.
Jun 20th, 2010 - 04:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0(27) Hoyt
Jun 20th, 2010 - 05:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0Colourfull indeed........ as most of British history ☺
BP’s own video (the last one) is just so.........Monty Phyton.
I luuuuv it!
(28)fredbdc
Good morning to you too Sir.
Think /
Jun 20th, 2010 - 10:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0You should know that English Thinking and English Speaking
are not same things .
You should know the meaning of -- sham--..(slangy-- frame up).
(30)
Jun 20th, 2010 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0You are over-estimating me, Sir.
Remember, I know nothing,... I'm from Buenos Aires....
Say what?
Please explain?
Think /
Jun 20th, 2010 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0I mean that some international redirections could be sham.
(32) Ed
Jun 20th, 2010 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0If by sham you mean impersonators, well we have had a pair!
1) Lexias: Well formulated Chap, pretended to be Argentinean “Neutral” historian.
2) agent0060: A Wacko that in a letter to the Sun volunteered to travel to Brazil and personally kill any terrorist (and queers) he could find.
3) harrier61; I suspect it to be the new avatar of agent0060. Or his twin brother;-)
Think ##
Jun 20th, 2010 - 11:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Brits have opposite characters against all of the World..
you know to read “ balance sheet”,...everybody use “assets” at the
left side..“liabilities” right side.. but Brits No !! like steering-wheel !!
a sample ,
www.rba.gov.au/statistics/frequency/stmt-liabilities-assets.html
sass !!!!!!!!!!!!
THIMC
Jun 20th, 2010 - 12:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I just enjoy these threads like a kind of Simultaneous Semantic Chess.
One-player/multiple games.
But I’m here only for the “Chess”
Not for “Checkers” (J.A. Roberts & Co.)
Nor for “Tic-Tac-Toe” (Harrier61)
And certainly not for “The Lying Game” (agent0060 / Lexais)
Well, contrary to an earlier statement - you are 'still here' :-)
Jun 20th, 2010 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm surprised that arquero didn't mention which side of the road we drive on .... although strangely enough, they do the same where I am now!
“ ... Remember, I know nothing,... I'm from Buenos Aires....”
Now that may explain a lot. Of course you could also be a double agent ... or maybe just 2.5 :-)
Que??
Jun 20th, 2010 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hoyt 36 ##
Jun 20th, 2010 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0www.newgeography.com/content/001626-planning's-cultural-cringe
Perspective!
Jun 20th, 2010 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Quote from S&A Research, A USA company.....
”It's a horrible accident, but you don't really have to clean up the entire Gulf of Mexico.The Gulf of Mexico is huge, covering 615,000 square miles and containing 660 quadrillion gallons of water. Compare this to the amount of oil Deepwater Horizon has been leaking. Most estimates are in the 12,000-20,000 barrels per day range, so let's take the high end and also assume that this continues until mid-August, meaning four months since the accident.
Let's also assume that the cap captures no oil (the latest reports are that it may be capturing most of the oil, but let's be conservative). 20,000 barrels/day x 120 days x 42 gallons/barrel = 100.8 million gallons of oil released. 100.8 million divided by 660 quadrillion is one gallon of oil for every 6.6 billion gallons of water in the Gulf. That's the equivalent of roughly one-millionth of an ounce of oil in a typical bathtub full of water.“
It has happened before, and it wasn't the end of the world. ”PeMex's Ixtoc oil well [1979] was far worse than the Deepwater Horizon well: 140 million gallons of oil poured out of the Mexican well… After four months, an oil slick had covered about half of Texas's 370-mile gulf shoreline, devastating tourism.“
It's nothing compared to Kuwait. During the first Gulf War, 10 times as much oil spilled into the Persian Gulf, which is one-sixth the size of the Gulf of Mexico. And what were the long-term consequences? A 1993 UNESCO study reported ”little“ long-term damage was done to the environment. ”Half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia,” he said.
Whoops! Seems the Americans and the Iraqis can spill more than BP.
In Espanish we hav a sayin:
Jun 20th, 2010 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If it could have been prevented it is no accident.
Si Señor
The idea
Jun 21st, 2010 - 04:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0hey mr- T...there is a breach between USA and GBR!!!! go for it!!!!
Not big enough to make a difference Billy, besides any rift is with the Obama administration. If you care to check the comments section of most US newspapers you will find the support for Britain as a 'partner' overwhelming. Nearly brought a tear to my eye.
Jun 21st, 2010 - 06:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0We have our ups and downs with the yanks, we've even had a few wars, but when push comes to shove we're on the same wavelength.
This weeks meeting will be a repeat of last years, and the year before, and so on, and so on ... ad infinitum. Quite what we'll have to discuss after this coming week I have no idea?
(42) Hoyt
Jun 21st, 2010 - 07:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not quite so Junior,
1) The C24 annual ritual this year promises to be much stimulating since Argentina has launched a package of measures to counter the oil exploration round begun last February in Falklands waters.
2) If yo don’t want to discuss... Well....... Don’t spend taxpayer’s money...... Don’t attend.....
Bit of a repeat again Think ... I've answered you elsewhere pointing out that the British don't attend but send the Falkland Islanders .... don't the Argies just hate that!
Jun 21st, 2010 - 08:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0As for 2) it's just that I'm not aware of when the next potentially newsworthy item is likely to come along. OAS is finished, C-24 will be finished ... Mercosur maybe? One of the other groups? The only other possibility is some news from the rigs.
Something will come alomg to keep us rabbiting on I'm sure :-)
(44)Hoyt
Jun 21st, 2010 - 08:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0You say:
the British don't attend but send the Falkland Islanders .... don't the Argies just hate that!
I say:
1) Freudian slip again: “send the Falklanders.” Yes Master
2) Nope.. We can't see any difference.
Rabbiting... Yeahhhh.....Who's the rabit?
Have the Argentine's taken their case to the penguins yet? They'll be the next ones on the agenda.
Jun 21st, 2010 - 12:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Curious that the Committee of 24 adds another South American country to its membership, invites observers from Latin and Latin-American countries, but doesn't invite the Administering Authority of one of the territories.
Jun 21st, 2010 - 06:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This is why Argentina and South America will never get their way or the Falkland Islands. Because it is so obvious that they attempt to pack fora with their supporters.
It's also why the “senior members” of the international community get a veto. To stop neo-imperialist, neo-colonial territories with little understanding of real democracy, rather than its outward show, from getting their way and holding back the planet.
Sorry lads could not find any Oxford Professor.
Jun 21st, 2010 - 09:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Dark Side of Self-Determination
January 11, 2009
Author: Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
......Self-determination is generally defined as the right of a people to form its own state. This is an important principle, but who is the Self that is to do the Determining?.....
.....Self-determination has turned out to be an ambiguous moral principle. Woodrow Wilson thought it would solve problems in central Europe in 1919, but it created as many as it solved.....
.....Demands for self-determination in today's world must be judged on a case-by-case basis that assesses the motives, means, and consequences involved, and that does so in a multilateral framework.
Complete Article:
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18773/dark_side_of_selfdetermination.html
C-24 does look a little biased these days .... I think the UK likes it that way. So easy to ignore?
Jun 22nd, 2010 - 01:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0The committee is repeating its Falklands consideration on Thursday, could be a busy day for Mercopress!
Wonder if it'll get a mention in the UK press?
Well Chaps...
Jun 22nd, 2010 - 08:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0It has been a pleasure (specially Hyt and Isl)...
But really .... I got to go now....
As some of you know by now, I’m not entirely “impartial” or absolutely misinformed about the “Malvinas issue”
Time spend in here has not been a complete waste of time. I learned that:
1) Argentina’s government is not worried about the “Malvinas Oil Boom”. This “bubble” is being run by four small, capital weak “Designer Oil Companies” (Des.l, Fogl.l, Rkh.l, Bsth.l) fashioned in Britain, for the sole purpose of exploiting the Malvinas Basin oil. Recycled BP and FIC managers compose the boards of these companies. No “big actors” have shown any real interest.
2) Argentina’s government is thoughtfully reading all the reports of the defunct “Argentine-UK South Atlantic Fisheries Commission” (SAFC) to find out how best to catch all the migrating species in our jurisdiction, before they reach Malvinas waters, thus denying the Territory their principal source of renevue.
3) Argentina’s clear strategy is (besides all that diplomatic mumbo-jumbo) to make it impracticable for any private company to operate with profits in the Malvinas area.
4) Argentina,s government is creating confidence with our three neighbors (Brazil, Uruguay and Chile) taking more than interesting steps to get them to ”put their money where their mouth is “ by refusing any contact with the British Overseas Territory. One such step is the reduction of our imbecile “armed forces” from 120.000 to fewer than 40.000 in the last years. (Personally I think 1 is still too many :-)
I’ll drop by periodically if and when word affairs go our way just to brag:
“I TOLD YOU SO !”
I shall not worry about the tendency to repeat yourself .... it's just wind :-)
Jun 22nd, 2010 - 09:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Bye bye, Twinky.
Jun 22nd, 2010 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I have noticed Argentinian's have a habit of repeating themselves. Especially the politicians.
Jun 22nd, 2010 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You know, I reckon Taiana finally said, “We're not going to beat the UK over this.” As a menstrual female, the Botox Queen then accused him of disloyalty. Result, Taiana resigns. Note that! He wasn't sacked, he resigned.
Jun 23rd, 2010 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did he go to the UN decomission meeting? He probably spoke to one of the heretics of the malvinas at the meeting, and as such is sentanced to death or exile under the act of treason.
Jun 24th, 2010 - 01:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm posting this wherever I can as Marco doesn't seem to want to respond on the appropriate article.
Jun 25th, 2010 - 10:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0As I have pointed out before, although Marcos obviously can't read anything because he's desperately trying to remember what someone told him to say:
1806 and 1807 were attacks by British expeditionary forces on outposts of the Spanish Empire, at the time a puppet-state of the Napoleonic French Empire with which Britain was at war. “Argentina” didn't exist.
1845. An Anglo-French naval squadron defeated and passed an embargo put in place by Juan Manuel de Rosas, dictator of the so-called Argentine Confederation, in an attempt to stop or profit from Anglo-French trade with Argentine inland cities that de Rosas did not control.
Describe how the removal of the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago was an “atrocity”. And Marco conveniently forgets to mention that they were removed so that the USA could build a military base. (But he wouldn't want to upset the USA that he no doubt thinks is supporting Argentina). And then the dumb-dumb goes on to quote tens of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths. The Multinational Force Iraq composed troops of 40 nations. Four of them were South American. Can he quote the sources for attributing particular numbers of deaths to British Armed Forces?
C'mon Marco, ante up. Quote your referenced sources for your comments. Or admit that you are just spouting government-inspired crap.
another crap with different smell
Jun 25th, 2010 - 01:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it appears Taiaina no longer wishes to continue his complicity with Argentine State's policy to dehumanise the Islanders as stateless non-persons without fundamental human rights, to demonise them as a pirate British ethnic group & scapegoats to incite public bigotry & hate against them. Taiaina has comprehended he is accountable to the ICC for crimes against human rights & has decided to resign
Jun 26th, 2010 - 12:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0An extract from a poem to remind people why State officials like Kirchner, Taiaina & Timerman should not deny human rights to ethnic minorities:
“Then through the town the Hangman came,
Through the empty streets, and called my name
And I looked at the gallows soaring tall,
And thought, ”There is no one left at all
For hanging, and so he calls to me
To help pull down the gallows-tree“
So I went out with right good hope
To the Hangman's tree & the Hangman's rope
He smiled at me as I came down
To the courthouse square through the silent town
& supple and stretched in his busy hand
Was the yellow twist of the hempen strand
& he whistled his tune as he tried the trap,
& it sprang down with a ready snap
& then with a smile of awful command
He laid his hand upon my hand
”You tricked me. Hangman!,“ I shouted then,
”That your scaffold was built for other men
& I no henchman of yours,“ I cried,
”You lied to me, Hangman. Foully lied!“
Then a twinkle grew in the buckshot eye,
”Lied to you? Tricked you?“ he said ”Not I
For I answered straight & I told you true
The scaffold was raised for none but you
For who has served me more faithfully
Then you with your coward's hope?“ said he,
”And where are the others who might have stood
Side by your side in the common good?“
”Dead,“ I whispered. And amiably
”Murdered,“ the Hangman corrected me:
”First the foreigner, then the Jew...
I did no more than you let me do.“
Beneath the beam that blocked the sky
None had stood so alone as I.
The Hangman noosed me, & no voice there
Cried ”Stop!” for me in the empty square
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