>I see. The IRA wants Northern Ireland partitioned into two
>sections, with one section falling under their rule (and,
>presumably, passing to the Irish government) and another section
>going in some other direction (presumably remaining British)
>according to the will of those persons (presumably mostly
>Protestants) who live there.
>No, I am not talking about "British Forces". I am talking about
>PEOPLE. Bartenders, farmers, housewives. Who happen to, for
>various reasons, prefer British rule, or at least prefer *not* to
>suffer the fate that the IRA would choose for itself.
No you do not "see". there will be no further partioning of any
kind, the IRA will not be the government, the current republican
govt will control ALL of Ireland.
The PEOPLE you refer to are descendants of those deliberately
settled onto Irish soil by the British Government, to enforce their
rule, not unlike the British invasion of Iceland in WW II, they are
invaders every bit as much as the soldiers. Unlike the soldiers who
do not belong there, they would be free to remain, but under Irish,
not British law.
There will be no peace until this is so.
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute