The IRA

[mammutly]

I've spent the last 4 days in Sourh Armagh and met several people with first hand knowledge of the IRA and how it operated during the troubles. Seems to me that various the brigades waged a highly effective guerilla war against a well resourced modern army.

The tactics of some operations and the bravery of the volunteers involved is regarded highly by many military historains, and when you look at the country, and the security that was in place, it's not hard to see why.

I'm glad the war is over and have nothing but disgust for the dregs that killed Paul Quinn and those few that became thugs and worse afterwards. But when you look clearly at the IRA as a fighting force, it's hard not to have some respect.

 

[glen quagmire]

Bans, Fight offers, name calling and pulled as it gets exciting!













I think it's a great topic btw, if debated properly.

 

[Michael Corleone]

I always loved the phrase they said "One mans terrorist, is another mans freedom fighter".

Couldn't be more accurate for any terrorist group

 

[red 2 hats]

Yeh, got loads of respect for an organisation that bombed Warrington the day before Mothers Day and killed 2 kids, that gained my respect like the Manchester, Birmingham, London, Belfast bombings they sure knew how too gain respect, fuckers to a man / woman.

 

[Citizen52]

I read a lot about that brigade in Bandit Country, a good book.

 

[Josh Blue]

"Terrorism a poor mans war"

"War a rich mans terrorism"

 

[Manchestercitychorlton]

Dont see why we had to fight over NI in the first place? Its hardly of importance to the uk.

 

[Bilboblue]

shithouses, cowardly cunts, despicable wankers.

 

[talkativesprout]

Yes i respect the way they cut a squaddies bollox off and left them in the back of a taxi.

Also the bit where they filmed killing a squaddie with concrete blocks, the that they did it from the legs up gave me a sense of, yes they really are doing it for the cause.

Of course the way they policed their own "patriots" with knee cappings

then the extortion, drug running, prostitution.

 

[mammutly]

Some interesting comments which I think illustrate the power of the media and he way the troubles were reported in England. The record of The British Army in Ireland is of course littered with 'atrocities', but whilst troops were "murdered" the other side were merely "shot dead".