From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon 18 Nov 2002 - 17:40:18 GMT
> > Attacking Iraq on the back of 9/11 is a bit like the UK attacking
> >the US on the back of the Omagh bombing, although that would have
> >more legitimacy given the very overt fundraising for the IRA that has
> >gone on in the US for decades. Of course one big difference is that
> >one of these situations involves attacking a nation with weapons of
> >mass destruction that it has used against multiple nations in the
> >past- guess which one I mean.
> >
> > Vincent
> >
>
> I often see people on the UKan side of the pond refer to the fact that
> a large number of people fled Ireland to come to the U.S. a couple of
> generations ago and their descendants now number among their
> population people who support the IRA. Ever since the early days of
> the immigration from Ireland we've had those who wear the 'green' as
> opposed to those who wear the 'orange' or another color on St.
> Patrick's day. The IRA supporters here in the U.S. are individuals
> responding to a history of trouble between England and Ireland. It is
> NOT a plot by the American government against Great Britain. To imply
> that it is and to equate personal feelings with national policy is
> disengenuous to say the least. We have just as many or more people in
> the U.S. who deplore the terrorism of the IRA as we have people who
> support them and feel that they serve a righteous cause. The
> government has not only tried to mediate between the two sides, from
> Presidents of the U.S. to a Senate Majority Leader named Mitchell, but
> we have jailed and sent back to England IRA members who came here
> seeking funds from supporters in this country or who fled jail in the
> U.K.
>
> As a man who is deploring sweeping generalizations, you seem to be
> falling into your own trap. Is that YOUR petard I see you dangling
> from?
>
Properly hoisted.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Grant
>
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