Once upon a time, 1506 wrote:
On Aug 26, 6:28*am, MB wrote:
On 26/08/2011 12:28, 1506 wrote:

Moreover terrorism is an act of war which demands a swift, firm,
military response. *Describing it as a crime and involving the courts
is a big mistake. *IMHO we have spent the past ten years being far too
soft in this regard.

So instead of trying and imprisoning IRA terrorists we should have
bombed Dublin and Boston?

You may have read up thread where I said Ireland is not the Middle
East. It would have been better for the UK had she withdrawn from
Ireland in 1921. Better yet, she could have avoided interfering in
her neighbors affairs the the past 750 years.

I think you'll find a great many people in Central America, Cuba, Iraq,
and the Far East might well say exactly the same thing about the USA in
the last 60 years. Or indeed Native North Americans who might wish that
certain settlers hadn't invaded and conquered their land 500 years ago.
Or Anglo-Saxons who would rather not have been invaded and their lands
seized by new Norman lords in 1066.

These things happen. Terrorism is never the answer.

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- The Iron Jelloid