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[Muddleoftheroad]

Is painfully inept.

England controlled Ireland -- just like Israel now controls the West Bank and Gaza. The Irish Catholics -- a different religion than the English who controlled the nation, just like Israel and the Palestinians -- wanted the whole of their nation free from the English.

They tried endless amounts of armed confrontation -- yet again, like the Palestinians. Eventually, however, they found a compromise that left the northern counties under English control and eventually led to an Irish nation.