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Gnomey
you would know better than I but will it ever end ?
Yeap so many things changing so fast but also religion is a pox on societyExpect to see more of this sort of thing. While it may be the IRA now, it is bound to pick up in other places as well. Part of our unsettled economic world. Groups looking for an opportunity to "go active" see now as a good time. These guys are thugs, nothing more. And opportunist as well. Ireland is in the middle of a tough time. And tough times are the best times.
I don't believe a show of force is necessary.This is the start of something new, I fear. Attacks on PSNI personnel have increased drastically of late - in the last year or so, 45 have been involved in terrorist attacks and 7 of them severely injured, and of course, one tragically killed yesterday:
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Arrests over NI policeman murder
Amsel, I know we have some differing views on conflict resolution, but remember that 'appeasement' is exactly what got us to a peaceful situation in NI. There doesn't need to be more killing. You may think a show of force is needed, but that is exactly what the Real IRA, the Continuity IRA and the rest of them want. Op Banner Pt2, with troops back on the streets and the PSNI not going anywhere without the army two steps behind them would be paradise for the terrorists and criminals on both sides of the border, and a nightmare for the people of Northern Ireland, who finally thought that after 80 years of fighting, it was over. Confrontation, in this case, would merely hand victory to the terrorists.