You wrote:
“The Irish have only themselves to blame Vladimir!”
No, actually they don’t. If it was only themselves then there wouldn’t be any British troops in Northern Ireland now would there?
“The English honed the divide and conquer strategy used so successfully around the world when they were brought into the internecine warring between the kingdoms of Ireland.”
What century are you babbling about? The times period in question really only dates back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There were no “kingdoms of Ireland” in the nineteenth or twentieth century. Nor the eighteenth. Nor the seventeenth. Nor the sixteenth .
“The Irish, being Irish, did not view the English as worthy opponents, and thus continued to fight among themselves to this very day!”
Rubbish. If the Irish didn’t think the British were worthy opponents then why were there several large scale Irish rebellions against them?
“Actually, I tell my relatives in Ireland that if I walk into a shop or pub and see a sign saying "We treat you like family", I turn around and run out the door!”
You come from the shallow end of the family gene pool don’t you?
I'm sorry my satire was lost on you.
Suffice it to say that I am in complete agreement with Irish_Thatcherite, Colosis and the other FReepers who actually live in Ireland.