1:17:00
What we couldn't accept
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was that the organization, ETA,
to which we were showing solidarity
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as regards the way to resolve
the conflict through negotiation,
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was not showing respect
for its own militant members.
1:17:18
When ETA broke the truce
it was terrible for all of us,
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but it was really terrible
for Herri Batasuna.
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They lost 80,000 votes
in the next elections.
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ENOUGH
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Professor of
Contemporary History
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Secretary General
of the United Left-Ezker Batua
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The armed struggle by ETA,
terrorism,
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is a very low-level conflict.
1:18:12
It's very intense for those
who suffer from it, of course,
1:18:15
but it's perfectly manageable
and can even be used
1:18:21
for defending a certain
policy of power.
1:18:24
The Basque Country, among others,
is useful when looking for an enemy,
1:18:28
just as general or world terrorism
is useful to Bush.
1:18:31
Terrorism's emotional capacity
is too great a booty
1:18:35
for political forces
not to fight over it.
1:18:38
The suffering of this society
is being used
1:18:41
to obtain electoral advantage
throughout all of Spain
1:18:44
by ensuring that people only talk
about the Basque conflict.
1:18:48
There are parties which don't want
to put an end to the problem.
1:18:51
With the PP, all its electoral aura
and all its strategy
1:18:56
revolves around the suffering
caused by ETA
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and how it is tackling
the problem.