Posted on 09/12/2014 6:49:31 AM PDT by Borges
The Rev. Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s firebrand Protestant leader who vowed never to compromise with Irish Catholic nationalists, then, in his twilight, accepted a power-sharing agreement that envisioned a new era of peace in Ulster after decades of sectarian violence, died Friday in Northern Ireland. He was 88.
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“made peace”
I guess he did have a hand in fighting the IRA terrorism
No tears from this Irish Catholic Fenian.
Mother told me if you can’t say nothing good ,say nothing.
I suspect Mr. Paisley has a lot to answer for.
So he was a community organizer.
A rabble rouser, an Irish Iman.
How much pain and suffering did he cause?
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