Should the Queen Have apologised to the Irish?

[IAN 2411]

A side issue: President Obama is visiting Ireland now. Why is it that all but one of America's Presidents since Kennedy, even the black one, find it necessary to emphasis their Irish antecedents ... even if, like Clinton, they didn't have any? And isn't it also a little bit concerning?

I have absolutely no idea why!

Why might it be a concern?

For the same reason that most people in the UK are asking the same Question, what ties the American President to a Country that has not renounced violence even after the peace treaty? Come to think of it apart from Kennedy why does Ireland mean so much to the other Presidents? Paddy O’Bama as he is known over here [Read the English Forums] now mentioned a special relationship with the Irish, and I along with others can only take a guess at what he could be referring to, but let’s not go there. Instead of talking about blood ties he should be talking of them disowning the Real IRA that is still active.

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