I raised a question yesterday asking Americans to comment on their long standing funding (by donations) to the IRA and aked if 9/11 had changed their minds along with the fact that Britain is the only western country acctually wholhartedly supporting them. The answers so far indicate that most Americans will continue to donate to the IRA ,whatever, knowing full well that British soldiers have been and if the present peace breaks down will be killed as a result. So, in light of that, would Americans be upset if members of the British public donated to islamic factions say Bin Larden to bomb America and kill American soldiers. Especialy members of the families of the soldiers your donations had helped to kill. Do you think that would be fair and help us to continue to be freinds.
2006-12-30 21:36:48 · 7 answers · asked by Redmonk 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
MK6--Thats the point I am making, in Britain it is illegal to make such donations but in reality what would be the difference, if Americans can make donations to kill British subjects why should the familys of those you have helped to kill not do the same to balance things out. I supose you Americans would call it pay back time. Perhapes it would do the average American good to never know if he/she were going to get home at night or get on a bus and be blown to bits as we have experienced over the last hundred years.
2006-12-30 22:13:30 · update #1
RMF--the IRA have slaughted whole familys including children and babies,before you make comments of that nature learn your facts
2006-12-30 22:17:23 · update #2
The problem with USA support for the IRA it is based on a romantic notion of Irish Nationalism.
Most Americans do not know or understand anything about the history or political dimension - and the fact that the six counties of Ulster came from a poliical negotiation that enabled independance for the rest of Ireland while ensuring a home for the Unionist Irish who wished to remain part of the UK.
The Irish lobby in the USA is very powerful, and neither party can afford to offend them. Their main support is in the Democrats with the odious Teddy Kennedy being their chief cheerleader.
They have managed to paint a rosy picture of "The Struggles" as a fight by romantic Irish Nationalists to try and reclaim their country.
In reality, the true fight is from the decent pro-British citizens of Ulster who are trying to keep their country and their birthright and are doing so totally legally within the bounds the 1929 Six Counties Agreement.
Northern Ireland is as British as Alaska is American. If a "seperatist" group was formed in Alaska and started shooting and bombing innocent people to try and get a breakaway government the people of America would demand the government stepped in and did something about it. That is exactly what the British Government has done in Northern Ireland.
And if, God forid, British people started raising money to finance some Alaskan terrorist group, I can only imagine the outcry and indignation from the American people - yet that is EXACTLY what they are doing when they support the IRA.
2006-12-30 21:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ak23566 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, actually the IRA think they are freedom fighters who want to unite their country even if it means killing a specific enemy. The idiots who did 9/11 hate all belief systems except islam and want to kill accordingly. As an american but mostly as a Texan I can see both sides. Ireland is clearly an island with it's own culture, language, heritage that is anything but English. It was/is another case of the mighty UK invading and conquering. On the other hand the history of countries and borders is one of taking and holding the land and I see the "ownership" in having held a piece of land for so long. Almost every country on earth has done this and if Ireland had the ways and means of exploration in the old days it too might have had colonies where the natives would fight them to get them out and they would call it terrorism. I truly see both sides.
2015-01-24 13:42:36 · answer #2 · answered by tom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you stupid or something. That is two totally different situations. But since I am here. No it would not be right. First the IRA would not kill all the family members too. But since you want to help Osama, do something for me. Get on a plane fly to Osama. Walk up to him and donate some money. Oh, that is if you can make it past all the road bombs. The terrorists, all the people that support America over there. The Iraqi government and such. And then after you have done all that. Walk into whatever cave Osama is in and donate. If you don't die first of course. Good luck Oh, if you live in America. Get out.
2006-12-30 21:48:38 · answer #3 · answered by RMF 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't generalize, a few cretins in the US have supported the IRA, that's true. It should be against the law. Personally, I like the way the SAS deals with IRA cells when they find them.
2006-12-31 03:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only US State that really gives money to the IRA is Boston because the IRA are very poor along with the rest of S.Ireland.
2006-12-31 02:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's a big difference between individuals contributing donations, -and official USA govenmental stance with policy, etc.
Britain can't ask USA individuals to stop donating to any organization.
2006-12-30 21:46:33 · answer #6 · answered by MK6 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fair? Absolutely. Right? Not quite.
2006-12-30 22:16:56 · answer #7 · answered by A Nonymous 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋