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What would Britain doing a Crimea on the Republic of Ireland look like?

  • 30-09-2018 6:41pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    As the title says.
    The borders of GB are easy to defend, they’re an island. The gap in the fence is on the island of Ireland. Now, they want no hard border on the island, no sea border with Ireland, and they want out of the EU that Ireland is in.
    So..... what if they decided to control their borders by taking control of ours? Go beyond the Northern line to our ports & airports? It’s been done in recent memory to Crimea, and there’s lads up North who’d consider it a wonderful development.

    Parking the obvious political problems with this approach, what would that military exercise actually look like? What should those of us paranoid concerned about such an outcome look out for in troop movements? Would they start stationing troops in NI to drive South on March 22, or should we watch for their new QE to park in the Atlantic with their amphib ships coming in to Galway Bay?

    Deliberately posting in WM because it’s batsh*t crazy not that likely, but so was Crimea, Brexit & President Trump once...


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  • #2
    Leonidas BL
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Leonidas BL


    It'd be interesting to see if our EU allies would step in.


  • #3
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,099 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Article 42 of the Lisbon Treaty, which Ireland has signed up to in 2007

    ‘ If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. This shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States.’


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