tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post4419650033308834669..comments2024-03-29T13:37:11.174+00:00Comments on TPQ: Up Blind AlleysAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22892771165208916462016-11-09T18:29:39.241+00:002016-11-09T18:29:39.241+00:00Ps for clarity, by leadership I mean Adams and MMG...Ps for clarity, by leadership I mean Adams and MMGDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86343171521412306972016-11-09T18:00:04.195+00:002016-11-09T18:00:04.195+00:00P SI, at some stage they were cannon fodder if you...P SI, at some stage they were cannon fodder if you like (I just think the period is narrower than above), certainly after the 94 ceasefire broke what vols were fighting for was ill defined, and no lives should of been taken if it wasnt a liberation struggle.In general, I subscribe to Anthony McIntyres characterisation of the leadership being assets rather than agents.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81936812843311877372016-11-08T21:42:19.975+00:002016-11-08T21:42:19.975+00:00Daithi, the basis of his argument is that countles...Daithi, the basis of his argument is that countless of volunteers, men and women with their lives ahead of them, were used as cannon fodder and betrayed in the most evil and callous way by senior figures within the Republican movement. With the undeniable public knowledge now that the IRA (and by extension SF) were heavily infiltrated by informers leads us to the conclusion that the British Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358573637344821656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77217591788123647362016-11-08T19:49:15.686+00:002016-11-08T19:49:15.686+00:00Thanks Dixie, but I dont think trying to better Su...Thanks Dixie, but I dont think trying to better Sunningdales terms should be a criticism, isnt it only with hindsight it appears an error? There was many flaws the IRA of that period so it might of been reasonable to presume with some changes (Northern Command,polticisation of vols,cell structures...etc) the future might favour the IRA more? Plus its hard to reconcile resposibility La Mons with DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80919672298954361082016-11-08T17:18:30.592+00:002016-11-08T17:18:30.592+00:00Dixie
I now see you meant the alternative of nego...Dixie<br /><br />I now see you meant the alternative of negotiating the peace, which SF eventually did. I thought you meant the other alternative - the war to the bitter end, as Gerry once espoused - to be the one they should have taken. I apologise for misreading you. Good to read your piece in that light!Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964418362730102151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69076451194431916292016-11-07T22:10:00.721+00:002016-11-07T22:10:00.721+00:00I don't know if you missed the part of my piec...I don't know if you missed the part of my piece'The alternative was always there' and that's the point I was making. When I hear McGuinness prattle on about being Chief Negotiator in regards to the GFA it turns my stomach because what they accepted was not only contained in the Sunningdale Agreement but came as a better Agreement back then. So what the hell did they negotiate?<br Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754168725444955859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5623802763201108552016-11-07T21:02:32.058+00:002016-11-07T21:02:32.058+00:00I think Dixie wants to SF to open up about their s...I think Dixie wants to SF to open up about their shady past and acknowledge the deep betrayal felt by former comrades and the lies deeply embedded within the party. It is just wrong to continue to vote for a party with corrupt values and an ethos completely alien to the party that once was. That's not to say that violence should continue or even that it was worth it, but to acknowledge SFs Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358573637344821656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18388071313044232432016-11-07T20:44:11.483+00:002016-11-07T20:44:11.483+00:00Malachi asks some interesting questions, can any f...Malachi asks some interesting questions, can any former members offer their thoughts?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88542064832736732732016-11-07T19:35:26.696+00:002016-11-07T19:35:26.696+00:00Dixie, I sympathise with your grief over the losse...Dixie, I sympathise with your grief over the losses of so many, including the 'brave young men and women' of the IRA, without victory for the latter's cause.<br /><br />And I appreciate your frustration with SF in their 'no alternative' response. However, they are correct in that. A great pity they took so long in recognising the fact, but there it is. They came to see Gerry&#Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964418362730102151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65899270151895943472016-11-07T15:11:03.816+00:002016-11-07T15:11:03.816+00:00Completely agree with what you have to say. I'...Completely agree with what you have to say. I'm kinda curious myself though, at what point did you and other blanketmen realize the penny had dropped in regards to the direction the IRA and SF were going to pursue? Of course, it's easy to see now that the documents from the early 1970s right until the 1980s have been released give us all a concise picture over what direction they were Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358573637344821656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-89139345154981053012016-11-07T09:33:42.397+00:002016-11-07T09:33:42.397+00:00Dixie
sadly your contribution can't be consi...Dixie <br /><br />sadly your contribution can't be considered a decent rebuttal to the argument that the 'war' had become stalemated.<br /> <br />In fact it seems that given the now widely accepted level of penetration achieved by the security services into both Loyalist and Republican paramilitary organisations that even the idea of a stalemated situation, as roguishly promulgated Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15148694316508267222016-11-07T08:35:07.084+00:002016-11-07T08:35:07.084+00:00Apologies for accidentally using the moniker "...Apologies for accidentally using the moniker "admin' which I had set up for a different site nad which has carried over to this. <br /><br />Malachi O'DohertyAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199966355165414581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26583998730413446962016-11-06T21:55:16.825+00:002016-11-06T21:55:16.825+00:00Was it not clear to members of the IRA through the...Was it not clear to members of the IRA through the '80s, that the organisation was not growing and had no prospect of a military victory unless it grew much larger? Were members aware of the overall size of the IRA? If they were, they must have seen the logic that they had no prospect of a significant military achievement.<br />The Libyan arms came in and, apart from semtex for bombs, appear Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199966355165414581noreply@blogger.com