 righthand says: Like America, we had out War of Independence followed by a bloody Civil War on the issue of independence. This was also in common with many other states that gained independence. We didn't gain full independence until 1948 when we took it without a shot being fired. We did lose 6 of our 9 counties of Ulster, our northern providence. Hopefully some day our "four green fields" will be reunited peacefully. By Bush&Co's definition all our leaders would have been terrorists like Nelson Mandela, just like your own revered insurrectionists/freedom fighters/terrorists/founding fathers. Our longest serving PM and president de Valera would have been executed along with the 1916 Rising leaders only he was born in America. I've posted this bloody episode of our history as I don't want to be a hypocrite being critical of Israel and the CIA on the issue of assassination when we did it too. No female, child nor innocent civilian died at the hand of an Irish assassin. Those opposite in uniform were not so choosy about their targets. Indeed terrorising the populous was a large part of the Black & Tans strategy. Our use of targeted assassination was tightly directed for a short period only. After Saddam ceased to be of use to the CIA and was judged a liability in need of replacement, why then didn't the US utilise an assassin? The ... Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army. He was shot and kille... Great clip and comments. Rich. |
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