Queen shakes hands with IRA terrorist

[Captain Oates 911]

Queen shakes hands with Martin McGuiness former ? army chief of the IRA and killer (personally) of British troops

That's like the US President shaking hands with Ho Ch Minh

or Netanyahu shaking hands with Martin Bormann

Disgusting - an insult to the memory of those young boys who were murdered with weapons from Gadaffi

... let alone the Queens Uncle who was incinerated on his boat by the IRA in Ireland

String him up - and others of his following

[rocks 494]

Was there a reason for their encounter?

[Captain Oates 911]

Was there a reason for their encounter?

Queen's visit to Northern Ireland

It's like Obama going to Bin Laden's wedding anniversary

He and his friends blew her beloved uncle to cat meat

Edited June 27, 2012 by Ashud Cocoa

[rocks 494]

If this is for her Jubilee tour, could she have avoided it?

[Captain Oates 911]

If this is for her Jubilee tour, could she have avoided it?

I am sure she could but she is a pawn in the hands of the politicians who, like in the US, work for the industrialists

The MONEY cost of new hostilities is such that they will forgive any killer in order to avoid costly (money) new conflict

The IRA used to walk into restaurants and blow them up to cost the government compensation. It was an economic war as much as it was a shooting war

I used to spend time in Northern Ireland every month for years. We were always having our favorite pubs/restaurants/hotels blown up

The Brits were having their 18 year old soldier kids murdered - lately with American Barrett 50 cal sniper rifles sent by those grisly sympathizers in Boston

The whole thing was horrible murder and now he shakes Queeny's hand ?

I am appalled so I can't imagine how the victim's families in NI and Britain feel about it

Edited June 27, 2012 by Ashud Cocoa

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

I'm sure I'll hear how they felt about the next time I am over.

As an outsider looking in, they are never going to get reconciliation if the boys urge the public to behave but don't shake on some things themselves. Therefore McGuinness is just as much a pawn as E.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Northern Ireland is just another example of failure in regards to multiculturalism. They stocked the northern part of Ireland full of protestant Scots and we saw the result of how that worked out.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Queen's visit to Northern Ireland

It's like Obama going to Bin Laden's wedding anniversary

He and his friends blew her beloved uncle to cat meat

I have to say this is one of the few times I've felt sorry for the queen. You can just see by the look on her face that she'd rather be walking across hot coals to sleep on a bed of nails. Eighty odd years of etiquette practice can't pull off that smile convincingly. She probably threw the gloves away as soon as she was out of sight.

Unfortunately if we go by history, it will all be meaningless in short order. A peace agreement with the IRA isn't worth the toilet paper it's printed on.

[Captain Oates 911]

I'm sure I'll hear how they felt about the next time I am over.

As an outsider looking in, they are never going to get reconciliation if the boys urge the public to behave but don't shake on some things themselves. Therefore McGuinness is just as much a pawn as E.

I guess I am just not big enough to forgive them.

After all, as WW2 was all but over, the Brits burned 100,000 civilians to death in one night in Dresden when they didn't have to, and the Germans were friendly with Britain within a year or so - now that's being big

I guess I will have to practice this reconciliation stuff - but the victims mother's ? that will be hard

Edited June 27, 2012 by Ashud Cocoa

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Someone explain why the Northeast part of that island is in green, unlike the rest of that island.

Edited June 27, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

- attributed to Moshe Dayan

[Captain Oates 911]

Someone explain why the Northeast part of that island is in green, unlike the rest of that island.

For the same reason that the US is not part of Canada - the USAians don't want to be.

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

- attributed to Moshe Dayan

That's rich coming from an avowed Arab killer

Truth is the first casualty in war

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

For the same reason that the US is not part of Canada - the USAians don't want to be.

Iv'e read enough of your post on here to know that you have a better take on history than that. Do you think a majority of the people in northern Ireland woke up one day and said to themselves; "Lets convert to Protestantism and change our loyalty from Ireland to Britain" ?

They are about as Irish as someone living in Glasgow.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Someone explain why the Northeast part of that island is in green, unlike the rest of that island.

Because when Ireland became independant, Northern Ireland decided not to join them.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Because when Ireland became independant, Northern Ireland decided not to join them.

That's your answer? Why are you even taking the time to post on this thread?