Re: The Irish Army as peacekeepers in Nationalist Areas...[was Re: Yeah, the Irish Army this time...[was Re: Army back into NI


"Michael O'Neill" <onq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43254C90.9C8994AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Michilín wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:21:54 +0100, Michael O'Neill
>> <onq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >GoldenArse wrote:
>> >>
>> >> They need to bring the army back. In huge force.
>> >>
>> >> GA
>> >
>> >Time to try the boys in green.
>> >
>> >M.
>> That would constitute an armed invasion, which would be a very foolish
>> thing for the Irish government to do, as would the opposite, the
>> British Army invading the Republic.
>>
>> Don't you stay in touch with reality at all?
>>
>> Murchadh
>
> What "invasion" are you talking about, you muppet?
>
> Under the Good Friday Agreement we have cross-border security
> co-operation already agreed in principle. The recent EU accord on
> terrorism obliges us to help and share knowledge with other EU member
> states regarding terrorist activities. Our experience in our U.N. role as
> peace keepers is internationally acknowledged.
>
> The Irish Army would be going in as peace keepers. In this role they
> would be far more acceptable than the British Army in Nationalist Areas
> and would be far better at dealing with potential Nationalist trouble
> spots than a British Army installation.
>
> The Irish Army would be there to ensure no breaches occurred into
> Nationalist areas and prevent Nationalist joining the affray. They have
> some advantages the British do not in such a scenario.
>
> You cannot claim to be Nationalist and attack the Irish Army.
>
> As for the Nationalists, there are few home truths they must learn too.
> You cannot suck from the British teat and not obey her laws.
>
> I'm only surprised no-one has seriously suggested this before now.
>
> Oh, yes, I can hear the Unionist Right whine. So what? THEY are not the
> face of Moderate Unionism, respecters of law and order while trying to
> preserve their tradition. The Unionist Right have always asserted THEIR
> rights while respecting no-one else's, using bombs and guns and attacks
> on soft targets to press their claim.
>
> The Unionist Right are shown over the past two nights to be lawless
> thugs, Urban Terrorists caught in the act of working with Terrorists and
> criminals, to ferment strife, terror, lawlessness and apartheid in their
> estates.
>
> Who says we should listen to Unionist Terrorists, who attack civilians
> with petrol and blast bombs, rocks and hammers, who hi-jack and burn
> vehicles and who then deny their crimes and run off laughing at their own
> wickedness into the night.
>
> What difference is there between them and the murderers in the IRA?
>
> Oh, yes. That's right. They haven't killed anyone. Yet.
>
> But not for the want of trying.
>
> Plenty of finger-pointing from the Orange Order when the IRA were still
> in business. Tut-tutting at punishment beatings and the Black Cabs. Where
> are all the tut-tutters now?
>
> Now that the IRA have stood back, the struggle for control of Northern
> Ireland is seen to be between a reformed PSNI and Unionist Right-Wing
> Apartheid Terrorists. I thought crushing Terrorism was big on Tony
> Blair's agenda. Even home-grown terrorism. Let him look to Northern
> Ireland again, this time with the Orange binoculars.
>
> As for the Government ever mind John O'Shea and Africa, put Katrina on
> hold for a month. We have a job for the Army Boys in Green that needs
> urgent attention not 150 miles from Dublin. Winning the Peace.
>
> M.

They (Nationalists) would want the Irish Army's collusion in ignoring acts
of violence and crime or the "Army Boys in Green" will find their presence
unwelcome pdq.

There are a lot of tricks the Irish Army would need to learn very quickly to
survive if things got nasty for them.


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