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Irish troops come under fire in Syria

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    #32
    shanered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    Firstly let me apologise for my.spelling of Isreal.
    Secondly i never mentioned or critisized Isreals ability to defend itself nor its right.
    I can understand the reason for the upset if this was thought to be inplied.
    But i was asking was it in defacto Ireland defending Israel?
    Im sorry, i just have been mulling it over in my mind and wanted to see what people think on the issue.


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    #33
    tac foley
    Registered Users Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    I first met Irish troops serving in the UN in late 1971, when we lived in Cyprus, and a bunch of us spent many a happy weekend over at Kykko Camp with the craic and the music, and, for me, hearing Irish voices again was especially emotive - my father had died a couple of months before.

    It was clear to me then that I could have been any one of them, at any time up to September 1967, when I had joined the British Army instead.

    That's just the way things turned out, and there is no point in having regrets about it. As a former soldier, I have a great respect for other soldiers, and what they do and how they do it, and the PDF has never been anything except respected in THIS house.

    Since the perceived offence was mine, I apologise that the wording of my comment was taken ill by any of you.

    tac


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    #34
    tac foley
    Registered Users Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Shanered, lets you and me sit down and have an e-drink together, and talk about other things...

    Best

    tac


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    #35
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    tac foley wrote: »
    ISRAEL does not need foreigners fighting its wars, thanks.
    goldie fish wrote: »
    Where is this Isreal place you speak of?


    Guys, really. Typos happen. I think it demeans both of you to focus on such things when instead you could maintain focus on the arguments.


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    #36
    tac foley
    Registered Users Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Mr Moran - I've already posted an apology - see post #33 - what else do you want?

    tac


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    #37
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Lemming wrote: »
    Could just be a simple case of "They're not with us. Shoot them" owing to a good old-fashioned case of tribal mentality.

    Or could be a lot of other things. Who knows really; we'll likely never find out.

    Update:
    Defence Forces investigation finds Irish troops were deliberately ambushed in Syria

    Chief of staff Lieut Gen Conor O’Boyle says he does not believes there were casualties in clash with militia

    An investigation into a fire fight involving Irish troops in Syria last week has found the troops were deliberately ambushed by armed elements and that an armoured vehicle they were in was extensively damaged when it struck a land mine.

    article continues at: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/defence-forces-investigation-finds-irish-troops-were-deliberately-ambushed-in-syria-1.1616131


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