tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8558539701835311360..comments2008-05-04T22:26:01.831+01:00AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4020848886613877532008-05-04T22:26:00.000+01:002008-05-04T22:26:00.000+01:00A searching question James but one that needs a longer response than a comment. Post to follow.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63293221313218042632008-05-01T21:57:00.000+01:002008-05-01T21:57:00.000+01:00Why would the IRA leadership's response to the Harry Keyes killing invalidate the view that bad operations like Enniskillen assisted the peace process faction in the leadership? Both Enniskillen and the Keyes murder brought discredit to the militarists argument and strengthened the view that a political alternative should be followed. The expulsion of the unit that killed Keyes, almost unprecedented in IRA history, in fact introduced and made respectable the notion that some IRA operations could be counterproductive, an essential prerequisite to the eventual discrediting of the armed struggle tactic and its replacement by the peace process.jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886697712848589960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76125627654166602382008-05-01T19:00:00.000+01:002008-05-01T19:00:00.000+01:00Great blogspot Anthony. Keep up the good work and keep speaking the truth.Brian Halpinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02202588559309898042noreply@blogger.com