tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post4642164026039728222..comments2009-03-08T23:39:47.502ZAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78806050457435102772009-03-08T23:28:00.000Z2009-03-08T23:28:00.000ZToday, more than most days, I really miss The Blanket. I would like to find an intelligent, informed discussion of the situation instead of emotional finger-pointing. Eagerly awaiting your next post, Anthony.Joynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87315357203311046562009-03-08T17:31:00.000Z2009-03-08T17:31:00.000ZPer CNN:<BR/><BR/>Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, the former political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), said the attack was "wrong and counterproductive."<BR/><BR/>"Last night's attack was an attack on the peace process," he said. "Those responsible have no support, no strategy to achieve a united Ireland. Their intention is to bring British soldiers back on to the streets. They want to destroy the progress of recent times and to plunge Ireland back into conflict."<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that Adams is correct here.<BR/><BR/>NCM -- "politically something has to give." What? It is over. As Anthony has pointed out time after time -- the good guys lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13330026180857227412009-03-08T15:28:00.000Z2009-03-08T15:28:00.000ZAnd now with certain elements in the republican movement apparently resuming armed activity, it will be interesting to watch as Gerry "I was never in the IRA" Adams calls upon his followers to turn informer. Meanwhile just several weeks ago wasn't there a big fuss over a Unionist politician insinuating that Adams was in the IRA... which SF quickly attacked as necessarily accusing Adams as having therefore been involved in criminal activity, a stance completely making a mockery of the whole point of the dirty protest and the hunger strikes in '81.<BR/><BR/>Politically, something has to give. SF is now a protector of the British state and the status quo, its leader never had anything to do with the "criminal" IRA, and is willing to do all this to maintain his position as a member of the British parliment. <BR/><BR/>Am I off-base or otherwise getting this wrong?NCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36567478390056262992009-03-07T09:03:00.000Z2009-03-07T09:03:00.000ZThis was a great post Anthony. <BR/><BR/>I think most every one knows now how really pathetic the man is. What followers he has should be embarrassed when his lips move.Lucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01387078063937125463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67863617951867501112009-03-06T21:28:00.000Z2009-03-06T21:28:00.000ZA great post.<BR/><BR/>After all these years, I wonder whether he actually believes his own denials?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com