tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1113351776683076574..comments2024-03-28T11:38:15.779+00:00Comments on TPQ: Vichy EssenceAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62488081182386227192018-07-30T09:49:12.891+01:002018-07-30T09:49:12.891+01:00as to the state of my mind gilheany, right now its...as to the state of my mind gilheany, right now its in a state of agitation as i listen to you denigrate our forefathers as some kind of mindless genocidal cheerleaders while knowing you and your ilk spent the last 6 months (many of u funded by soros - the mother of all genocidal maniacs) campaigning for the destruction of the unborn children of the irish nation - the weakest most defenceless and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63473205218413158472018-07-30T09:03:31.341+01:002018-07-30T09:03:31.341+01:00u wouldnt know a fact if it bit u on the arse u am...u wouldnt know a fact if it bit u on the arse u amadan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48269748284654861832018-07-29T19:59:20.956+01:002018-07-29T19:59:20.956+01:00Peter
The Red Terror was as much a Stalinist purg...Peter<br /><br />The Red Terror was as much a Stalinist purge of the POUM and other leftist groups (excellently portrayed in Ken Loach's "Land and Freedom" as it was an anti- clerical bloodlust. Certainly there were atrocities committed on the Republican side such as the Parcuellos del Jarama prisoner massacres and I agree with the 50,000 total that you cite. But the genocide Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65144835827192621322018-07-29T10:45:59.576+01:002018-07-29T10:45:59.576+01:00gilheany, ur not fit to tie the shoes of the '...gilheany, ur not fit to tie the shoes of the 'mass of irish nationalists' of that era. how dare u, a pompous overfed poppinjay, demean that generation of good men and women and portray them as some kind of genocide cheerleaders. what utterly nauseating gobshittery. u wudnt have survived too well back then horsebox, and i reckon a good week on the bog would have killed the likes of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84297181061580927412018-07-29T09:52:45.776+01:002018-07-29T09:52:45.776+01:00Barry
The terms "whites" and "reds&...Barry<br />The terms "whites" and "reds" is widely used to describe the complicated alliances on both sides of the civil war divide. The Popular Front was economically liberal and pursued only mildly left leaning policies in the 1936 election but there were communists in their ranks. The Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) and the Trotskyist Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75313995660751672812018-07-28T23:02:43.647+01:002018-07-28T23:02:43.647+01:00Peter
What you call the "Reds" in the S...Peter<br /><br />What you call the "Reds" in the Spanish Civil War were in fact the legitimate, democratically elected Popular Front Republicans who did not have Communists in their ranks although the Communists eventually seized control as described by George Orwell in "Homage to Catalonia".<br /><br />The anti-clerical excesses that took place were sickening but were Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26198445873828779832018-07-28T22:24:31.667+01:002018-07-28T22:24:31.667+01:00I had the same question about the "Brit Navy&...I had the same question about the "Brit Navy" but Peter got there first.<br /><br />The British and the French to their eventual cost shamefully stood idly by and abandoned Spain's democratically elected government. They looked the other way whilst Hitler and Mussolini rehearsed their illegal aerial bombardments of non-military targets ... and later paid the price for their cowardlyHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-28118825840902729182018-07-28T20:53:57.096+01:002018-07-28T20:53:57.096+01:00Eoghan O’Suilleabhain
Fair enough, thanks for rep...Eoghan O’Suilleabhain<br /><br />Fair enough, thanks for replying. As you know Britain was neutral in the Spanish Civil War but sympathies did fall more to the Whites than the Reds mostly due to the anti-Christian actions of the Reds in Spain. In Belfast nationalists and republicans took to the streets during the 1938 General Election to campaign against the sitting Labour Party MP because he Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52744266125484229582018-07-28T13:00:02.601+01:002018-07-28T13:00:02.601+01:00Reply by Eoghan O’Suilleabhain
Peter said...
Coul...<b>Reply by Eoghan O’Suilleabhain</b><br /><br />Peter said...<br />Could you provide a reference for this "fact"?<br /><br />Sorry Peter, I misremembered some passages from: <br /><br />Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 Paperback– March 7, 2017<br />by Adam Hochschild (Author)<br /> <br />At page 29: <br /> <br />With the help of sympathizers in LondonAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1802317937708145302018-07-25T10:50:39.196+01:002018-07-25T10:50:39.196+01:00Eoghan O'Suilleabhain
"In fact it was the...Eoghan O'Suilleabhain<br />"In fact it was the Brit Navy that carried Franco’s fascist forces from Morocco to Spain."<br />Could you provide a reference for this "fact"?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-20374251534517169672018-07-25T05:30:17.431+01:002018-07-25T05:30:17.431+01:00Eoghan O'Suilleabhain replies P/2
You forgot ...<b>Eoghan O'Suilleabhain replies P/2</b><br /><br /><b>You forgot the first part: NI was part of the UK as a result of England’s force of arms. The so called international treaties at the UN simply ratified the Allies’ reality same as Okinawa remaining part of the US, and the Ukraine as part of the USSR. That was part of the Allies’ post-war status quo as formalized by the UN. In short it AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39081567441370079682018-07-25T05:28:47.355+01:002018-07-25T05:28:47.355+01:00Eoghan O'Suilleabhain replies to comments here...<b>Eoghan O'Suilleabhain replies to comments here more or less in the order put:</b><br /> <br />SAYS JAMES QUIGLEY:<br />What a good article, sums up my feelings. However, I am stuck with being Irish. I don't think I could take any pride in being associated with Israel though.<br /> <br /><b>Glad you liked it! But try Himalayan just for chuckles. </b><br /> <br />SAYS RONAN: <br />I AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13319417604288936062018-07-22T11:23:06.519+01:002018-07-22T11:23:06.519+01:00James Quigley
You may not like being associated w...James Quigley<br /><br />You may not like being associated with Israel but the fact is that Michael Collins was a role model for the Irgun and Stern Gang in the 1940s something that nationalist devotees of the Palestinian cause are keen to airbrush from history.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-54883618481875286562018-07-22T02:50:47.874+01:002018-07-22T02:50:47.874+01:00Interesting assessment indeed, fully agree with th...Interesting assessment indeed, fully agree with the promotion of O Braidigh as the genuine Republican and patriot of our time. Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1525272932969743182018-07-22T00:29:19.549+01:002018-07-22T00:29:19.549+01:00I hold no brief whatsoever for Adams and co but th...I hold no brief whatsoever for Adams and co but they were only the latest generation of physical force nationalists who came to realise the utter impossibility of the one indivisible Utopian Republic to be achieved by armed struggle. A pity they didn't cop on a thousand deaths earlier.<br /><br /><br />I find the author's Vichy comparisons utterly inappropriate. For France, like much ofBarry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-51480222148885380522018-07-21T23:42:58.515+01:002018-07-21T23:42:58.515+01:00I know two lecturers who got jobs in ucd with just...I know two lecturers who got jobs in ucd with just a primary degree, the late Stu Daultrey, Bill mc Gaughey, both in geography, Norris had a ba degree while lecturing.Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668466933420738253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86157234991572838832018-07-21T19:32:24.739+01:002018-07-21T19:32:24.739+01:00What a good article, sums up my feelings. However,...What a good article, sums up my feelings. However, I am stuck with being Irish. I don't think I could take any pride in being associated with Israel though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166605274886767312noreply@blogger.com