Galway Alliance Against War 99 Red Balloon Peace Event 30 May 2009 12:00 Spanish Arch Galway

GAAW welcomes the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway, but we deplore the invitation to the RAF’s Red Arrows.

Neither the warplanes nor their pilots have any connection whatsoever with the unique character and culture of Galway or Ireland.

Their display is both a polluter of the environment and the international body politic.

Tear away the 'glamour' that shrouds the planes and pilots and what you have is a recruiting sergeant for the British military and an apology for war, death and terror; what you have are pilots, who in their day jobs are trained to terrorise and kill people. Nearly every one of the pilots has seen combat in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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