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The 25th anniversary commemoration of the 1981 Hungerstrike in New York
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4The IRA would have had the broad support of Irish Nationalists if they had limited their operations against the British Army and RUC while they were on duty.
However the IRA killed off duty personnel in front of their families.
But the real focus of the IRA campaign was the bombing and shooting of innocent Irishmen, Irishwomen and Irishchildren - because of their sectarian hatred of Protestants.
The IRA members led by Bobby Sands were not soldiers fighting a war - they were murderers and common criminals - they did not deserve political status because they had contempt of democracy and contempt for the will of the people of Ireland - both Catholic and Protestant, Nationalist and Unionist - the tricolor with the green white and orange was the symbol of the union of the two traditions - in 1798 both traditions fought side by side for Irish freedom.
The majority of the people of Northern Ireland considered themselves British subjects and still do so to this very day - that attitude was reinforced by the activities of the IRA who tried to bomb and shoot their way into power - the 30 year campaign of violence failed repeatedly for that reason.
The hunger strikes were pure insanity - forsaking all reason and responsibility a band of fanatics committed suicide knowing that their actions would prolong the Troubles.
25 years later Sinn Fein are experiencing electorate success because they have abandoned violence and the IRA is effectively defunct - though some would like to go back to war.
Irish unity will only be achieved by the democratic consent of the majority of the people of this island.
But Irish unity will not be realised in this generation or the next or never as long as the Unionist people feel railroaded into a political union they dont want - Irish nationalists have to abandon their hubris.
Just as the 1916 Rising garanteed the partition of Ireland, the 30 year campaign achieved nothing but prolonging the division between North and South and the continued British political control of Ulster.
Unionists have changed - the insanity of a segregated sectarian society is gradually giving way - but this has happened only since the IRA campaign ended - the improvement of the conditions of Catholics were achieved by peaceful means.
The 'majority' of people in Northern Ireland did not and do not want to remain British subjects. The Northern Ireland that you refer to was artificially set up in order to engineer the false majority on which it has been basing its claims ever since.
So Northern Ireland is an artificial state.
Do you want to start a war?
I suppose we ship all the Protestants back to Britain at the barrell of a gun?
Its going to take more than a few Piranha armoured cars, a few WW2 vintage artillery pieces, a few toy fishery patrol boats, a flock of 30 year old search and rescue helicopters and a legion of soldiers whose only operation experience is protecting Brinks vans.
A single regiment of the British Army would capture our artificial capital Dublin less than an hour after crossing the border.
Thomas,
Thats a load of rubbish youre talking. why does everyone always go on about what the IRA have done, lets not forget the other side of the coin, the RUC are responsible for so much blood shed. then you have the other militant groups, UVF, UDA UFF etc. they are equally as responsible. the MAJORITY of the north are nationalist, and if they would take into consideration the entire country (the republic) it would be a landslide, britain doesnt want the north now anyway, but they cant abandone them now can they, just wait till paisley kicks it. the country will be one again. give it 15 years at most. TAL!