History question - Did we call the Irish Republican Army "Roman Catholic Terrorists"?

[riderinthestorm]

188. What a lie! The British Army and NI loyalists were STILL butchering Irish

during those "100 years" after the Holocaust.

There was no gap in persecution or slaughter. It continued on its merry way. The IRA didn't materialize after 100 years of peaceful co-existence, they came to be because the British Army and the loyalists continued their assault on innocent civilians.

In fact that was one of the IRA's main tactics was to institute a tit for tat assault in this latest phase of the WAR - when the British or loyalists killed Irish citizens, the British would be retaliated against. The British had all the cards to stop the slaughter - stop killing the Irish and leave!

This was a WAR for Irish independence. Like muriel vogelstranger, I presume you are British from your name. Do you think George Washington and the Continental Army are terrorists? They too used unconventional methods in an assymetrical WAR for independence. Lumping the IRA in with Hamas is despicable. They weren't determined to exterminate the English. They weren't determined to eradicate England. They simply wanted you Brits OUT and the oppression to end.

While Clinton and Mitchell played their role, I remain convinced that the tit-for-tat military operations of the IRA played their part in bringing about peace. I double dog dare you to assert otherwise. The British public was sick of being targeted the same way the Irish had been for centuries. THAT fatigue was real and persuasive.