[dangus]

One difference:

The Irish in Ireland couldn't give a cr@p about N. Ireland. It was a wierd subset among *American* Irish who, perhaps longing for some connection with Ireland, funded the I.R.A.

The Palestinian cause would be like Adams demanding a New Ireland, with London as its capital and promising to "drive the Brits to into the sea."

[browardchad]

There are far more differences than there are similarities -- the entire analogy is too much of stretch for me.

I usually enjoy reading Derbeyshire, but he really must have been hard-pressed to meet a deadline on this one.

[Rollee]

You are right, but I will take you one further: The young Irish today don't give much thought about anything except where the next pint is coming from, smoking and getting a job in the EU. Oh, I almost forgot: they don't like Americans and hate, hate, hate President Bush, like the good little lefties they are.