AMERICKÝ VELVYSLANEC PŘEDÁ OSOBNÍ DOPIS INICIATIVY PRO PREZIDENTOVI USA
V neděli odpoledne 3. června se v rezidenci velvyslance Spojených států amerických v Praze Bubenči setkali zástupci Iniciativy PRO s americkým velvyslancem Richardem W. Graberem, a předali mu osobní dopis pro prezidenta USA George W. Bushe. V dopise vyjádřili svou podporu pro vybudování radarové základny v ČR. Velvyslanec přislíbil, že dopis předá během úterní návštěvy amerického prezidenta v ČR.
Skutečnost, že aktivity odpůrců základny jsou mediálně často více propagovány komentoval velvyslanec Graber slovy: "Často se lidem, kteří něco podporují, nedostává takové pozornosti jako těm, kteří jsou proti." Současně dodal, že věří, že návštěva prezidenta Bushe pomůže kritiky přesvědčit. "Je to součástí procesu, který bude trvat měsíce a měsíce...Věřím, že návštěva pana prezidenta pomůže dodat další informace a důvody, proč se USA domnívají, že je to tak důležité," dodal Graber.
Plné znění dopisu Iniciatvy PRO prezidentu Bushovi:
George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
Washington D.C.
Prague, June 3, 2007
Your Excellency,
We, citizens of the Czech Republic, want to express our agreement with the intention to build an American defensive radar installation in our country. We would like to clearly voice the opinion of those members of the public who are in favour of the project.
As citizens of Central Europe who suffered decades of both Nazi and communist tyranny, we cannot and do not want to forget that it was the United States, in particular, who played a decisive role in defeating both of these totalitarian regimes that sought to enslave the whole world.
Now that we belong to the Free World, we want the Czech Republic to bear its share of responsibility not only for its own security, but also for the security and defence of the entire Euro-Atlantic civilization. Our Country experienced the dangerous policy of appeasement and passivity. We believe it is important to anticipate and actively confront evil.
By entering NATO eight years ago, the Czech Republic gained the right to ask our allies for assistance in case of threat or attack. This right is derived from the principal of solidarity, "one for all, all for one". Of course, this right also entails responsibility to provide our allies with assistance if they are threatened.
In this regard, we consider the stationing of an American radar base on Czech soil to be a natural continuation of the chosen direction of our country's foreign policy. This especially applies in the case of a defence system, which is being considered a likely component for a possible anti-missile defence of the entire NATO alliance.
Unlike in the past when offensive nuclear missiles of the Warsaw Pact were deployed on our territory arbitrarily, we can now freely decide whether to accept the offer of the United States to participate in the construction of a missile defense system that will protect us and a substantial part of the Euro-Atlantic civilization. Our answer is: You are welcome.
Initiative PRO
David Gaydečka, Jan Horník, Martin Kotas, Daniel Truxa, Marek Vocel
