The IRA were morally justified

[didymus]

There is no justification for the carpet bombings of innocents. NONE. When you purposely kill innocents it is murder whether it is the US army, French army, Irish republican army, British army etc.

Carpet bombing? You mean like the Allies committed against Germany in WW2? In WW2 the Allies considered civilian morale & support for the regime legitimate targets as well as industrial capacity so killing civilians or leaving them homeless is a good thing.

When it comes to states vs “liberation movements” the question arises why is it okay to kill wholesale but not retail? According to the just war theory war can only be waged by legitimate authority. By this theory once you have lost the conqueror becomes the legitimate authority and the now stateless occupied people are criminal terrorists. Thus, the French resistants were legally terrorists. That can’t be right.

There are in-between cases. In the US a bunch of guys called themselves the Continental Congress and pretended they were a real government. Likewise in 1920 the Dail Eirainn [sp?] declared itself the government of Ireland. In neither case did the wannabe government exercise much authority or control significant territory.

Last observation – no oppressive regime will negotiate except in response to violence. Terrorism works.

 

[ShrodingersCat]

I have reported this thread with the following message:

To the moderator,

The OP and another poster are engaged in promoting a recognised terrorist organisation. They are not interested in debate, but rather resort to calling those that disagree with them “uninformed”, “disgraceful” and “treacherous”. I request that this thread be deleted, as the opinions expressed within it are contrary to Catholicism and basic human rights and posters are resorting to insults when confronted with the fact that their views are not representative of the majority of people, Irish or otherwise.

To the gentlemen expressing pro-IRA viewpoints, I beg you to reconsider your opinions. Failing that, I ask you to stay silent about them, as such attitudes give my country a bad name.

 

[EamonnMichael]

I have reported this thread with the following message:

To the gentlemen expressing pro-IRA viewpoints, I beg you to reconsider your opinions. Failing that, I ask you to stay silent about them, as such attitudes give my country a bad name.

Your views are offensive, you’ve been proven wrong and you go crying to moderators?

The only anti Catholicism is your indifference to the fact Catholics in the North of Ireland have been persecuted for hundreds of years. That’s what gives “your country” a bad name.

 

[Michael_Francis]

Closed pending review by moderator Matilda Bennett