Irish republicans accuse Bush of using visit to justify war

The Times ^ | April 8, 2003 | Rosemary Bennett and David Lister

[MadIvan]

I won't say much on this - but I certainly hope Sinn Fein's stance on this war is rather revealing.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Do you ever sleep?

Thanks for all the news from the other side of the pond?

[Tijeras_Slim]

pond.

[Mr. Lucky]

Golly, why would Sinn Fein worry about the Brits and Yanks finally collaborating in the war on terrorism?

[My2Cents]

What war? What support? We don't need no stinkin' support! We've won!!! (Much to the disappointment, I'm sure, of the aforementioned Irish Republicans.)

[Mister Magoo]

The IRA is nothing but a group of recidivist Communists and terrorists.

[Timesink]

Oh, THIS is rich.

[Pee_Oui]

It's one of many, but many that will see the "light" hopefully when all is ended.

"The only thing to fear is fear it's self". These people are followers and not leaders and "fear".

D

[may18]

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what this article doesnt report on is the HUGE unionist march in favour of the war.

Carrying both union jacks and stars and stripes.

As for gerry adams ..not someone i have time for

[Dr. Frank fan]

“We would be wrong not to point it out . . . the insensitivity of having a war summit which then discusses peace in the margins, of having a war summit which appears to be trying to use the Irish process as a stage or as a prop,” the Sinn Fein leader said. [...] the anti-war protesters who marched towards Hillsborough were less than convinced about Mr Bush’s sincerity in travelling to Northern Ireland.

Oh, boo hoo.

This really ticks me off, for some reason. These people want to be PAID ATTENTION TO. That's what they want. Given this, I see no reason why the US President shouldn't "use" a visit to justify his own policies.

After all, why the hell should the US President visit Ireland in the first place? Why should he participate in or even care about their precious "process"?

If they consider his visit "insincere" and this offends them so much he could, after all, just stay the hell home.

I'm so sick of damn terrorists. The whining and attention-seeking is almost as bad as the killing sometimes.

[William McKinley]

Perhaps it is slowly dawning on Gerry Adams that just like Blair stood with Bush on Iraq as part of the war on terror, Bush will stand with Blair if he decides to crack down on terror eminating from Northern Ireland.

The sooner these Marxist thugs are out of the land of my heritage, the better.

[William McKinley]

*ping*

[Kenno]

It is. Believe it or not, there are a lot of self-styled conservatives in the US who support Gerry Adams because of their own Irish roots, without having a clue about how extreme a leftist he is.

[elbucko]

The IRA is nothing but a group of recidivist Communists and terrorists.

So true it bears repeating, as well as adding that the Jerry Adams is a rotten commie thug. He needs to linger "in the crosshairs" sometime, soon.

[Lysandru]

Yo Mad Ivan!

The punks of the IRA are showing their true colors. Why was I even surprised?

[Nucluside]

Pres. Bush never could please ALL the Republicans (Hee Hee)!

BTW, a bunch of those mothers used to get their terrorist training in Libya.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

The only thing Irish in my home is Murphy's Irish Stout.

[JohnnyZ]

RINOs.

[Mister Baredog]

PRESIDENT Bush arrived in Belfast last night to face rare criticism from Irish republicans, who accused him of using the Northern Ireland peace process to prop up support for war in Iraq.

Perhaps they haven't notice support for this war has and will continue to grow.