Journalist Begins Hunger Strike -- To Support America

Jiří X. Doležal ate his last meal before the hunger strike Friday

Journalist goes on hunger strike to support US base
Czech journalist Jiří X. Doležal Friday went on hunger strike in support of the stationing of the U.S. radar base on Czech soil, in reaction to a recent hunger strike by two opponents of the base, Doležal told journalists.

Doležal said he will be on hunger strike until the Czech-U.S. treaty on the base is signed, he said in a Prague cafe while eating his last meal.

The two treaties are to be signed in June or July.

"I am afraid of a missile attack from the south and southeast. I thus prefer the Czech Republic being hidden under a missile defence umbrella," Doležal said.

Doležal is known for controversial actions. As a pro-marijuana activist, he sent a cannabis bouquet to then first lady Dagmar Havlova in 1999 along with a letter calling for the lifting of the Czech ban on growing cannabis.

Friday, Doležal started sipping his coffee while a pro-radar song, sang by Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) played.

Media ridiculed Parkanova for the song celebrating the radar base that she recorded with a folk musician last year.

Activists Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar temporarily ended a hunger strike against the U.S. base's construction after more than two weeks though their demands were not met by the government.

They said their strike was successful as it focused public attention on the issue both home and abroad.

Heh. Some success. The intent to sign and ratify the treaty remains; the government dismissed your stunt and demands out-of-hand. But, at least some moonbats expressed their solidarity, albeit, all the while enjoying smažený řízek and pivo.

The United States wants to build the radar base in the Brdy military area, 90km southwest of Prague, and a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield.

The Central European elements are to protect the United States and a large part of the European continent against missiles that states like Iran might launch.

The left opposition as well as a majority of Czechs oppose the project.

As does the Left's great friend and true blue democrat, Vladimir Paranoid


Via The Prague Monitor