barneystinson wrote: » I'm the one who introduced ISIS and Al Qaeda. I asked what the difference is between them and the IRA. How are you getting from that question to a comment in the Dail about water charge protesters??
Jawgap wrote: » And the proxy bombs - they killed a few 'agents of the Crown' - was that a legitimate tactic?
gladrags wrote: » The answer is the west armed Al Quaida,and ISIS.
RecordStraight wrote: » The West armed ISIS, and...the East armed the IRA? Not much of a difference there really. Like shopping in Dunnes versus Tesco.
not yet wrote: » Do you ever read the stuff you put up..
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » A bullet to the head or your throat slit and head cut off, dead is still dead.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Again Dead is dead
tomwaterford wrote: » This is true....but despite what a lot might think....there is no reports of the ira systematically killing innocent civilians after rocking upto there village ???
Phoebas wrote: » Yeah - the IRA never did anything like that.
tomwaterford wrote: » You can surly appreciate that there was at least some effort to keep civilian deaths to a minimum (well as much as you can while bombing??)
Phoebas wrote: » 'tis fierce hard to avoid civilian casualties when you're exploding bombs in their towns and cities.
tomwaterford wrote: » Are you equating the Warrington bomb (as bad as it was) with rocking up to a village and systematically killing/enslaving its population??? Quite a stretch of reality there???
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Jean McConvilles family would probably disagree.
tomwaterford wrote: » It's long since been proven to be helpful in avoiding casualties in these situations by providing a phoned warning???
Witnesses said that "the first explosion drove panicking shoppers into the path of the next blast just seconds later".
meathstevie wrote: » Granted, there have been extremely nasty incidents like Kingsmill and the like but when it comes to comparing the Provo's with ISIS you're really comparing boyscouts with the SS.
meathstevie wrote: » Quite a difference between events like Warrington and taking over a town and systematically slaughtering every non-Sunni. If you would want to compare ISIS behaviour to PIRA behaviour you'd have to come up with something like 150 militants taking over Aughnacloy and Emmyvale and proceeding to slaughter every non-Republican occupant. Granted, there have been extremely nasty incidents like Kingsmill and the like but when it comes to comparing the Provo's with ISIS you're really comparing boyscouts with the SS.
Phoebas wrote: » In the case of Warrington, not only did they not avoid civilian casualties, but the first bomb drove people into the path of the second one. What was the non civilian target of the IRA when they planted their bombs outside a McDonald's and an Argos on a Saturday afternoon.
tomwaterford wrote: » She is one person who was far from innocent civilian It's long been said she was an informer... Going by the Boston tapes
Sound of Silence wrote: » I think a more pertinent question would be, which group would you prefer to control the area you live in? I'm willing to bet that the IRA would be the more benevolent of the two. Hell, they might even let you keep your head!
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Don't forget the Birmingham pub bombings.
RecordStraight wrote: » Agreed. Mind you, if you were having a pint in the local, you'd want to be careful not to look at anyone sideways. Ask Robert McCartney. I suppose they didn't actually behead him, but they did gut him.
