Irish sectarian conflict
Regan and her family left Northern Ireland in December 1992 totally fed up with the sectarian conflict that had plagued the Emerald Isle for centuries – and continues to fester despite the July 31 2007 settlement ending the British Army’s longest continuous military campaign in its history – and warns that if the Irish activists persist in involving themselves in the Israel-Gaza conflict then the situation will get much worse, not better.
“The Irish can be the most warlike creatures on earth,” says Regan, “and I should know because I am Irish through and through, but at least I had the intelligence to know that as long as the Emerald Isle remains partitioned along sectarian lines it is no place for raising children and having a decent life.”
“I will fight for what’s important, and fight to the death if needs be,” says Regan, “but I am no catholic or protestant bigot and seeing my homeland torn asunder by religious maniacs was too much to bear.”
“I can see why the Irish activists are attracted to Gaza,” says Regan. “They see the Israelis in terms of nasty British oppressors and land-grabbers, and the Palestinians in Gaza as poor, defenseless people like they, themselves, were under British rule.”
“Add different religions to the mix and you have an ideal climate for Irish activists to get all riled up about their own past.”
“Personally, I believe that partitioning the Emerald Island into North and South was applying a band-aid, not a solution, and the British should have given Northern Ireland back to Ireland and re-settled in England all those who didn't want the Union – by force if necessary,” says Regan, “and the same solution applies to all other countries torn asunder by ideological differences – Korea, Kosovo, Palestine and whatever.”
“Yes, I feel sorry for the Palestinians – they were treated very badly when the British Mandate handed the land over to dispossessed Jews and Israel was created,” says Regan, “but throughout history we’ve all been treated badly by marauding hordes, empire builders or dictators and we have a choice to adapt as best we can, emigrate if the opportunity presents itself, or stay and fight to the bitter end.”
“Whereas the majority of Palestinians have emigrated or adapted to living under Israeli rule, those remaining in Gaza are the fighters,” says Regan. “They are like the hardcore Irish who refused to emigrate or adapt, and the Irish activists heading for Gaza on the MV Rachel Corrie ‘aid ship’ are of the same mind-frame and will only inflame the situation.”
“The Irish can be the most warlike creatures on earth,” says Regan, “and I should know because I am Irish through and through, but at least I had the intelligence to know that as long as the Emerald Isle remains partitioned along sectarian lines it is no place for raising children and having a decent life.”
“I will fight for what’s important, and fight to the death if needs be,” says Regan, “but I am no catholic or protestant bigot and seeing my homeland torn asunder by religious maniacs was too much to bear.”
“I can see why the Irish activists are attracted to Gaza,” says Regan. “They see the Israelis in terms of nasty British oppressors and land-grabbers, and the Palestinians in Gaza as poor, defenseless people like they, themselves, were under British rule.”
“Add different religions to the mix and you have an ideal climate for Irish activists to get all riled up about their own past.”
“Personally, I believe that partitioning the Emerald Island into North and South was applying a band-aid, not a solution, and the British should have given Northern Ireland back to Ireland and re-settled in England all those who didn't want the Union – by force if necessary,” says Regan, “and the same solution applies to all other countries torn asunder by ideological differences – Korea, Kosovo, Palestine and whatever.”
“Yes, I feel sorry for the Palestinians – they were treated very badly when the British Mandate handed the land over to dispossessed Jews and Israel was created,” says Regan, “but throughout history we’ve all been treated badly by marauding hordes, empire builders or dictators and we have a choice to adapt as best we can, emigrate if the opportunity presents itself, or stay and fight to the bitter end.”
“Whereas the majority of Palestinians have emigrated or adapted to living under Israeli rule, those remaining in Gaza are the fighters,” says Regan. “They are like the hardcore Irish who refused to emigrate or adapt, and the Irish activists heading for Gaza on the MV Rachel Corrie ‘aid ship’ are of the same mind-frame and will only inflame the situation.”
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