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> On May 14, 9:05 pm, "Asparagus" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Asparagus" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "I remember that conversation! You are quite right! I did sympathise,
>> empathise with and express admiration for the IRA!
>
> There you go! Your own words...
>
He certainly tried to help you out by pointing out that the group which
successfully fought for the liberation of much of Ireland in the early
20th
centry was the Irish Republican Army. Though they may have been
considered
a terrorist organization back then, by the UK, they are considered
patriots
in the Republic of Ireland, and are not held as terrorists today in the
UK.
They are also known as "the Old IRA" to distinguish them from the IRA of
Northern Ireland today.
When most of Ireland separated from the UK, there was a civil war in the
separated part, between the group that wanted to build an Irish Ireland,
and
discontinue the armed warfare with the UK (the treaty Irish), and those
who
wanted to continue the fight, the Anti Treat Irish. The Anti Treaty Irish
called themselves the IRA, even though those they opposed were also from
the
Old IRA. As the Free State evolved under the treaty and beyond, via
elected
government, a dissatisfied minority faction continued, and gradually
diminished south of the border. North of the border, the faction may have
waxed and waned but it persisted. These post treaty dead-enders, are the
IRA which is widely considered terrorist.
- All Bad
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