Should Ireland hire mercenaries to reclaim Northern Ireland from the British?

gonedrinking

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

whiteonion

gonedrinking wrote: »

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

Are you serious?

Seaneh

the africans are cheap, the russians he hired to command them would cost an awful lot of money.

It wasn't me!

whiteonion wrote: »

Are you serious?

Methinks his username gives away the source of his ideas. Could be renamed gonedrinkingpaintthinner.

Agricola

Well that's the best idea ever.

Gummy Panda

Why would we want northern Ireland back now. It's a bit of a kip and costs a fortune.

gonedrinking

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why would we want northern Ireland back now. It's a bit of a kip and costs a fortune.

It costs a fortune because they can't compete against Irelands low corp tax rate. Once that barrier was removed NI would flourish.

futonic

sounds like a sinn fein election promise. Burn the bond holders and instead invest the money we don't have in hiring mercenaries... better than having them on the dole, etc

irelandspurs

LOL :rolleyes:

gonedrinking

futonic wrote: »

sounds like a sinn fein election promise. Burn the bond holders and instead invest the money we don't have in hiring mercenaries... better than having them on the dole, etc

African mercenaries only cost $2,000 according to this site:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/23/how_do_you_hire_mercenaries

So how many mercenaries can we get with 30 billion? Some one do the maths cause I can never remember how many zeros there are in a billion.

fedor.2.

whiteonion wrote: »

Are you serious?

This made me laugh for some reason, thanks;)

futonic

gonedrinking wrote: »

I can never remember how many zeros there are in a billion.

Nine ... a dyslexia german saying Nooooo! (Nein)

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

The Swedish built an empire using mercenaries, I think this idea deserves consideration.

Wicklowrider

It worked out well last time we brought in foreigners to fight our wars.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Wicklowrider wrote: »

It worked out well last time we brought in foreigners to fight our wars.

As far as I can recall the last time we used mercenaries we won back a lot of ground from the normans.

bonerm

Why stop there! Why not take the UK, Germany and whatever country all them hot looking wimmens came here from during the celtic ostrich years?

dxhound2005

Here's another idea from abroad. Why don't ONH start using suicide bombers.

smk89

Every 2 weeks a thread on reclaiming the north appears. Truly the syphilis of after hours.

stoneill

Instead of pushing the border north and reclaiming the six counties, why not drag it down so that the 26 counties join the six with the seat of government in Belfast.
I have no allegiance to anyone in power be it republic or royalty.
You live, you work, you pay taxes - does it matter who then misappropriates the money?

Tug the forlock and Gawd bless ya Mrs Windsor.

bernardo mac

We're miserable enough down here.Madness

Gunmonkey

gonedrinking wrote: »

It costs a fortune because they can't compete against Irelands low corp tax rate. Once that barrier was removed NI would flourish.

Like the south of Ireland is?

Also, engaging in a war with a far stronger nation with several thousand ships and jets only a few hundred Km away....using mercenaries we cant pay for....genius!!

Fratton Fred

Do these mercenaries come with their own airforce and navy?

I wonder how long it would take the Royal navy and Royal Air Force to flatten Dublin, Cork and the Curragh?

This may not be a well conceived plan op.

old_aussie

Hire mercenaries, yeah right. Ireland couldn't even afford to hire a scout troop.

peabutler

Ready.

BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No.

The PDF and BA would kill the mercenaries. Then kill the people who hired the mercenaries.

It's the Good Friday Agreement, supported by voted mandate, or punishment by law enforcement. No exceptions. resist with deadly force, be punished by deadly force. Simples.

gonedrinking

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Do these mercenaries come with their own airforce and navy?

I wonder how long it would take the Royal navy and Royal Air Force to flatten Dublin, Cork and the Curragh?

This may not be a well conceived plan op.

Its all about strategy. Every one in 4 houses in the north will take in an African mercenary. They will live there for the duration of the conflict. So the British can't bomb these areas as they would be bombing innocent civilians as well, and the international community would be outraged by that.

Ghost Buster

Send in the FCA

dent

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Do these mercenaries come with their own airforce and navy?

I wonder how long it would take the Royal navy and Royal Air Force to flatten Dublin, Cork and the Curragh?

This may not be a well conceived plan op.

We will have enough of them that we can simply catapult them at the navy and air force.

Snakeblood

gonedrinking wrote: »

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

Well, obviously yes. Then we can get them to turn left on the global map and strike at the Americas. Once we have the Midwest of the United States, Ireland will swim in plenty.

mickydoomsux

gonedrinking wrote: »

Its all about strategy. Every one in 4 houses in the north will take in an African mercenary. They will live there for the duration of the conflict. So the British can't bomb these areas as they would be bombing innocent civilians as well, and the international community would be outraged by that.

That'll never work. Northern Ireland is an incredibly racist place.

Badgermonkey

I could give my chum Mark Thatcher a call.

He's some form when it comes to military intervention in shoddily administered micro statelets.

Given the above statement, perhaps he'd be interested in our whole island.

mattjack

forget the mercenaries..could we not just give the North the Green party and maybe Louth and Leitrim...?

ejmaztec

The last time that some bright spark decided to invite mercenaries in, the mercenaries didn't leave for 800 years.

NeedaNewName

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why would we want northern Ireland back now. It's a bit of a kip and costs a fortune.

Yeah and what's the story with the Giants Causeway. I don't think I have every been as underwhelmed in my life. Talk about fuk all to see!
I was expecting the most awesomeness of rock as far as the eye could see and there was basically about 60 feet of semi interesting rockery

Xivilai

No is the short answer to the question

Badgermonkey

ejmaztec wrote: »

The last time that some bright spark decided to invite mercenaries in, the mercenaries didn't leave for 800 years.

And they left a bank here to finish us off.

gonedrinking

ejmaztec wrote: »

The last time that some bright spark decided to invite mercenaries in, the mercenaries didn't leave for 800 years.

And thats the problem, they are still in the north of the island. The best way to defeat mercenaries is to bring in more mercenaries. Its sound logic.

charlemont

If you give me twenty euro, ill cross the border and plant the flag on the other side..

Wolfe Tone

I for one am looking forward to Keiths reaction to this


"The people of Ulster yada yada"

Mike 1972

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why would we want northern Ireland back now. It's a bit of a kip and costs a fortune.

On that score I would imagine the feeling is mutual

RMD

Really wish people would realise what the GF agreement states and outlines, then remove their head from their Republican arse and copped the only way a united Ireland will come about is through a democratic process.

Mrmoe

Ah .....no. The best situation we can hope for or want would be two semi autonomous states with a figurehead President. We probably are on that path already. I would be satisfied if we got that much.

Pete M.

I would safely say that if we were to give the same amount of money to the Brits that we are saying we'll hand over to the EU/IMF, then they'd gladly sell the North back to us.

It would work out at about €220,000 per hectare, not bad considering the current circumstances.....

I stand open to correction, but I think that down here we actually rezoned more land for redevelopment than the area of the 6 counties, mental eh?

gonedrinking

Buying back NI eh? It seems morally wrong, but if it works out cheaper than an armed struggle then maybe we should just bite the bullet. I thinks it's time for FG to put the question to the British government - how much do they want for it. I think with the increasing redundancies in the public sector in NI, that the unionists would be more open than ever before to the prospect of a United Ireland.

monalitto

maybe we shoud hire them to take over the 26 counties

El Siglo

Mercenaries you say? Well I know just the people...

Marcus.Aurelius

NI has it's own legislature, if they want to be part of the Republic they can ask the people and then ask us formally after they have that referendum.

Can't understand why they'd want to join us when our bad governance has cost us so much in terms of intellectual and economic growth.

jc84

gonedrinking wrote: »

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

can the irish not do it themselves? how sad that they'd have to hire people from another country to do it, NI will never be part of the republic

questionmark?

OP just because you can buy cheap paint stripper labelled as voooooooooooodka in tesco doesnt mean its a good idea to drink it!

Tar.Aldarion

ejmaztec wrote: »

The last time that some bright spark decided to invite mercenaries in, the mercenaries didn't leave for 800 years.

I, for one, welcome our new Nigerian prince overlords.

UglyBolloxFace

gonedrinking wrote: »

Its all about strategy. Every one in 4 houses in the north will take in an African mercenary. They will live there for the duration of the conflict. So the British can't bomb these areas as they would be bombing innocent civilians as well, and the international community would be outraged by that.

I am truly amazed by the sheer thought you have put into this.