tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2345276869008952176..comments2024-03-29T08:30:16.027+00:00Comments on TPQ: Gerry Adams's IRA YearsAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80575597818024392942019-05-08T19:02:52.870+01:002019-05-08T19:02:52.870+01:00Here in the States, one of the early manifestation...Here in the States, one of the early manifestations of Adams' sell-out was the Nov. 1, 1988 report signed by Joe Cahill and Ted Howell. It was an ostensible assessment of Irish-American support, compiled by Declan Kearney and Oistin McBride during their coast-to-coast tour of Irish-America (IA). Their report was clearly designed to alienate IA support (an alienation largely completed by Adamschrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986008755374901260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46954059268599222872018-02-13T09:30:32.565+00:002018-02-13T09:30:32.565+00:00There's no doubt Adams had courage and tenacit...There's no doubt Adams had courage and tenacity. And also none that he had the capacity to be mercilessly mendacious.<br /><br /> <br />Like most aspiring autocratic leaders he promoted and surrounded himself with trusted acolytes whilst simultaneously and successfully sidelining his detractors. He earned his stripes, did some jail-time and survived assassination en route to becoming a cult Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83457326272288881802018-02-13T09:14:21.320+00:002018-02-13T09:14:21.320+00:00Well, that was a brief and non-critical historical...Well, that was a brief and non-critical historical account of connivance!!!!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40839985832818368972018-02-12T22:41:11.392+00:002018-02-12T22:41:11.392+00:00a litle off topic - but here are the voices of the...a litle off topic - but here are the voices of the men who are now mostly silenced - who explain what they were doing and why<br /><br />https://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/ira-men-the-way-we-were/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42066261449561039122018-02-12T20:27:49.190+00:002018-02-12T20:27:49.190+00:00James Quigley,
The question is, were those on str...James Quigley,<br /><br />The question is, were those on strike told the full details of the British offer or did the Adams group, and specifically Danny Morrison, withhold information they were entrusted to impart?<br /><br />Adams is a tactician. Did he see the benefit of having martyrs as a huge boost to the Army and as such see them worthy of sacrifice or did he see the deaths of the strikersSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-119125113943253822018-02-12T18:10:22.343+00:002018-02-12T18:10:22.343+00:00Great post AM - maybe you are busy but it seems yo...Great post AM - maybe you are busy but it seems you don't post as often here as you used to & I for one miss your insightful commentaries - especially the ones that the sheep find inciteful...jgr33nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595370045427311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61328685385671691252018-02-12T17:09:35.821+00:002018-02-12T17:09:35.821+00:00Or if you wanted to be bitchy, one could argue he ...Or if you wanted to be bitchy, one could argue he was the iceberg.<br /><br />It seems an interesting corrolarry that the leadership was so well profiled by the British (like Fairweather) he was able to be allocated as ‘without equal’. Perhaps it was his hostility to any draining sectarian departure in Army resources ( thus ultimately helping the security situation for the British overall) that DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-494477607442083012018-02-12T13:49:32.363+00:002018-02-12T13:49:32.363+00:00In terms of the Titanic, more like telling those d...In terms of the Titanic, more like telling those drowning to try to find an iceberg, whilst warmly rowing off.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21755822065673999812018-02-12T12:17:55.221+00:002018-02-12T12:17:55.221+00:00Great article - love your writing. Well that's...Great article - love your writing. Well that's buttered you up a bit.<br />I have always been wary of media or historians ascribing positive adjectives to any form of leadership especially in the field violent conflict, such as great leader, great tactician, great this or great that. Too often it's for subjective reasons glossing over or sometimes omitting the reality. Day in and day Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166605274886767312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77636603201209395912018-02-11T20:47:28.556+00:002018-02-11T20:47:28.556+00:00"Richard O’Rawe has persuasively demonstrated..."Richard O’Rawe has persuasively demonstrated that the offer to end the hunger strike which Danny Morrison claims to have “described to the hunger strikers, including Joe McDonnell”, was rejected by the Adams committee and the prisoner’s acceptance overruled."<br /><br />I haven't yet finished Ed's book but the above statement is extraordinary. Were the hunger strikers aware Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9567629803107401932018-02-11T19:06:09.774+00:002018-02-11T19:06:09.774+00:00indeed anthony, and a bathtub full of rubber ducks...indeed anthony, and a bathtub full of rubber ducks too.<br /><br />http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/01/23/12/307E1E4F00000578-3413132-image-m-16_1453553449603.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com