[Joe Boucher]

The real terrorists in Ireland are the British troops. If I lived there I would be fighting the occupiers. Have you English occupiers killed in cold blood any locals lately?

[Norn Iron]

I'm a local. The large bulk of the killings are carried out by locals.

[Incorrigible]

The real terrorists in Ireland are the British troops. If I lived there I would be fighting the occupiers. Have you English occupiers killed in cold blood any locals lately?

As Mark Twain said, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."  

There are a great many Irish who are opposed to the IRA and and it's terrorism and fear a Sinn Fein communist government.  Yes, people in the Republic have enjoyed a little break from socialism for the past 10 years and discovered capitalism is good.  Sinn Fein does not merely want to "Kick out the English occupiers".  They want to take over the entire island and rule it like only a communist can.  Not only would this spell disaster for the Irish economy but Irish Catholics would live in fear of the Sinn Fein/IRA tactics of maintaining civil obedience.

England has been America's most consistent ally. The IRA keeps company with the bin Ladens of the world.

[tonycavanagh]

No I haven’t not the whole time I served out there, are you by any chance a aging hippy who use to shout baby killers at returning Vietnam .

Tony

[Deb]

Like you say...if you "lived there". Which you obviously don't, so knock off spewing the IRA commie line.

[lavaroise]

Now now, come here, In northern Ireland you do not have to wear a veil as a woman, nor are you a subhuman because a catholic, this exageration over Great Britain in Northern Ireland has to come to a stop. Great Britain has proven time and again that it could negociate and desist with peaceful resolutions. THe IRA and what not are counter productive and are creating a situation of anarchy in its favor, not including the support they received from Soviets and Arabs.