Neither England nor Ireland was the bad Guys, because the IRA was the bad guys. The Irish Americans knew damn all about their countries politics, because most were too young to have been born there. They only knew the propaganda that the political wing of the IRA told them. However, it was enough to get a good proportion of Irish Americans, and that proportion I will call thick American Mick’s to part with their cash. People like Martin Sheen. So that the political beggars could fill the IRA coffers, and in turn they could kill more of the British Soldiers and even more of their kin.

Ask any British soldier that was like me in the province in the 60s and 70s and they will tell you what they thought of the American Irish and their miss-guided beliefs and money. It is our buddies that have now gone to the American wars to die at the side of the American soldiers at the America’s request. I, sure as hell, don’t know why, because some American Irish are still hell bent in trying to justify the IRAs blood thirsty quest in killing their own people. A person has to have been there during and after the troubles to know anything about the politics of Northern Ireland.

One other thing that the Americans always seem to forget, whether it is on purpose or not I have no idea. There are no English in Northern Ireland except the soldiers, the people that live there are all Irish. They have the right to chose by a majority vote whether to stay in the United Kingdom or be part of Southern Ireland. There is no part of the Good Friday Agreement that was signed by all parties that states the IRA have a final vote, because that is what their political arm is for.

If they voted out of the UK tomorrow I doubt very much that the UK would do anything to stop it taking place. The province has been a thorn in our side for hundreds of years, and our troops would leave at the drop of a hat. However, don’t think for one minute that if the UK had a security alert like the Cuba/Russian problem that the Americans had. Then you can bet your ass that the British Soldier would be back with the dropping of another hat.

Be well IAN 2411