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grampben
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No, they just fund other organisations to do it for them
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EmperorNapoleon
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Have any evidence of that?No, they just fund other organisations to do it for them
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trdchubi
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grampben
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Ha you got there before me!
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MugenOne
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Wow! Theyāre just āpeaceā activists. Like I said before, if they came in peace, none of this wouldāve happened. And aināt nobody wouldāve to die. I saw dudes clubbing poor soldiers into pulp. Why do you expect the Israelis to do?
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Rich_Olszewski
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He was āneutral,ā but Spanish sympathies were pro-German. Franco even sent a āBlue Armyā to fight against our ally, the Soviet Union.
I canāt see the difference between fighting for the country that has its boot on your neck, and the commission of treason. Maybe you can.
Of course not. The āgovernmentā were the Brits in the infamous Dublin Castle with their Black and Tans.
Your idea. Every Irishman I knew with family that experienced WWI had no love for the British.
Not evil at all. Thatās how he perceived it. I know the Brits were more than upset when the Irish Government send condolences to the German government when Hitler died.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Beaten into pulp? Beaten to death. How many Israeli commandos were beaten to death?
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MugenOne
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Evidently, Israel has trouble accepting the reality on the ground, just as other governments do. There is not going to be a peace negotiation, but rather a war, and that the war will be terrible and bloody. Israel has lost Turkey as an ally; the United States, for that matter, has lost Turkey as an ally, as the leaders of Ankara compete with the mullahs of Tehran for the leadership of Islamism. A stronger American hand might have made war unnecessary. But the Barack Obama administration has withdrawn from strategic leadership, and when the catās away, as I wrote last October, the mice kill each other [5]. The price under the best of outcomes would be traumatic for a state in which the death of a single serviceman is a national tragedy. The countryās leaders still hope against hope that they might find some alternative to war. The Gaza flotilla affair should teach Jerusalem that no matter how gingerly it approaches the threats on its borders, and how gently it responds, it ends up holding the bag for the regionās problems. It might as well get down to the business of war. By Spengler atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LF02Ak03.html
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grampben
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Voluntary service. There was no conscription in Ireland.
The IPP had the total support of the Irish public. The Irish public were not against WW1 until after 1916 - in anger against British executions of the rebels.
This speaks for itself.
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Monte_RCMS
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Ralph Peters column today:
nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/turkish_blood_bath_Jean7yjj5Salz75brRSsMJ
nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/turkish_blood_bath_Jean7yjj5Salz75brRSsMJ
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Rich_Olszewski
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I didnāt realize that you lived in one of the āsix counties.ā Your pro-British position speaks for itself.
Tiocfaidh Ɣr lƔ!
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grampben
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You better be trolling. You know absolutely nothing about this region, obviously. Thereās a reason why itās ā(North) Irelandā and not āNorthern Irelandā under my nationality. I am a citizen of the Irish Republic.
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grampben
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But itās plainly obvious that Hitler was a lot worse than the British 
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Rich_Olszewski
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I know it from numerous Irish friends, some of whom are immigrants, but, I admit, all from the Republic, all from the south or west.
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grampben
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My point is that if I was a Paisleyite Unionist I would have put up āUlsterā or at the very least āNorthern Irelandā.
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Ridgerunner
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The whole Ireland thing is a bit off-topic. However, it is plain to me that Irish people were divided about Britain vs Germany both in WWI and in WWII, the former more than the latter. According to my Irish forbears, none of whom had any affection for England whatever, it was thought among many Irish that fighting with the Brits would ultimately lead to independence for Ireland which, indeed, it did (except of course for the north). It was also believed that the Brits would have difficulty, politics aside, keeping the lid on a nation, thousands of whose young men were well-trained war veterans.
WWI was a difficult thing even for Irish in the U.S., but Irish did not resist fighting on the Brit side when the U.S. entered the war. It was, even so, a mixed thing. Nothing, I think, so well summed up the general thinking as a song that was popular among Irish in the U.S. at the time, to the effect that: a. The Irish were fighting for the Belgians, not the Brits, and b. After the War there would be a reckoning with England. And politically, there was.
WWI was a difficult thing even for Irish in the U.S., but Irish did not resist fighting on the Brit side when the U.S. entered the war. It was, even so, a mixed thing. Nothing, I think, so well summed up the general thinking as a song that was popular among Irish in the U.S. at the time, to the effect that: a. The Irish were fighting for the Belgians, not the Brits, and b. After the War there would be a reckoning with England. And politically, there was.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Then my apologies to you. It seemed to me that you might have been one of those fellows who wear bowlers and take part in an annual Drumcree parade. Again, sorry for mistaking you.
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Poco
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Perhaps if those peaceful, fun-loving neighbors of Israel would stop bombing cafes, nightclubs and busses, firing rockets into civilian areasā¦
Iām reminded of a quote attributed to Golda Meir,
Iām reminded of a quote attributed to Golda Meir,
Just maybe, if some of the billions and billions of dollars in aid that has been sent to the āPalastiniansā already had been used to build schools, hospitals, improve infrastructure and care for the poor instead of buying weapons, there would have been no need for such an āaid flotillaā.
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Rich_Olszewski
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And is the billions and billions in aid money that has been sent to the āIsraelisā not also used to buy weapons?
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