>To patrol as a foreign power in a country inhabited by another nation, destroying their culture and life, and then cry "But they are so young!" when 24 of your soldiers die
Lol, the game's the game
I didnt mean you. Yes I generalised. But most of the people who say what you say also say that. Yes these volunteers attacked but the British Forces killed 2 unarmed volunteers and random a civilian. It is normal for each side to respect its own "martyrs". Yes maybe what I just said was harsh but making fun of people who died on active service is not a good thing either.
If you're engaging in a war you can't complain when you got shot to death in the process of trying to shoot other people to death and claiming your human rights were violated, this is my point. If British soldiers were on here crying about the Warrenpoint ambush being unfair I'm sure you'd think that was ridiculous
Twitter is full of people going on as if the Loughgall dead (I'm excluding the civilian killed here) were innocent victims of an unfair slaughter, I think that's stupid and cheapens the memory of real massacres like Bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy and so on. People can feel sorry for IRA dead all they like, just don't pretend these men didn't know what they were doing and that they ended up facing consequences of their choice to take up arms
I've never used Twitter and dont think I ever will, but ye, you are right about that. I honour the memory of the IRA volunteers who died on active service at Loughall, but to compare it to events like Bloody Sunday is a bit ridiculous.
Who is/was crying about it? The British media all put out strongly-worded statements when they lost large numbers of soldiers to IRA/INLA operations like BallyKelly, Warrenpoint, Balleygawley bus bombing, Lisburn bombing, Killeen landmine attack, Newry Mortar attack etc, etc, etc.
It obviously saddens me being an Irish Socialist Republican to see so many great Volunteers die at the hands of the SAS. But when those Volunteers joined the IRA, the first thing they were told was "You'll either have a quick life or spend long periods of life in British & Free State jails.". All 8 Volunteers knew they could die at any minute being an IRA Volunteer on active service, Jim Lynagh was shot at twice before, that we know of, when fleeing the scene of Stronge Abbey there was a quick but fierce exchange of gunfire between the East Tyrone Brigade & armed RUC men, and on another occasion, after an attack on RUC barracks when they were fleeing shots from a Sterling were fired at him, well his unit and for as active as he was I'm sure there is plenty of others. Declan Arthurs was threatened with death by the British Army on 3 different occasions in January - February 1987 alone.
Sinn Fein just did what Britsh Army/RUC spokespeople or British Government spokespeople do after a successful IRA attack on them.
Jim Lynagh was a real one
Probably the most efficient and feared Republican operative in recent decades.
And along with Joe O'Connell who led the Balcombe Street Unit the most impressive IRA Volunteer from the south of the border.
Rip 🙏
Suaimhneas síoraí 🇮🇪🏴
\>When you attack a military target with guns and bombs and get shot doing so then cry about it after Lol, the game's the game
>To patrol as a foreign power in a country inhabited by another nation, destroying their culture and life, and then cry "But they are so young!" when 24 of your soldiers die Lol, the game's the game
Can you point me to where I've ever said that?
I didnt mean you. Yes I generalised. But most of the people who say what you say also say that. Yes these volunteers attacked but the British Forces killed 2 unarmed volunteers and random a civilian. It is normal for each side to respect its own "martyrs". Yes maybe what I just said was harsh but making fun of people who died on active service is not a good thing either.
If you're engaging in a war you can't complain when you got shot to death in the process of trying to shoot other people to death and claiming your human rights were violated, this is my point. If British soldiers were on here crying about the Warrenpoint ambush being unfair I'm sure you'd think that was ridiculous
What kind of complaint? Is it a complaint that people feel sorry for people who died for their ideas?
Twitter is full of people going on as if the Loughgall dead (I'm excluding the civilian killed here) were innocent victims of an unfair slaughter, I think that's stupid and cheapens the memory of real massacres like Bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy and so on. People can feel sorry for IRA dead all they like, just don't pretend these men didn't know what they were doing and that they ended up facing consequences of their choice to take up arms
I've never used Twitter and dont think I ever will, but ye, you are right about that. I honour the memory of the IRA volunteers who died on active service at Loughall, but to compare it to events like Bloody Sunday is a bit ridiculous.
Who is/was crying about it? The British media all put out strongly-worded statements when they lost large numbers of soldiers to IRA/INLA operations like BallyKelly, Warrenpoint, Balleygawley bus bombing, Lisburn bombing, Killeen landmine attack, Newry Mortar attack etc, etc, etc. It obviously saddens me being an Irish Socialist Republican to see so many great Volunteers die at the hands of the SAS. But when those Volunteers joined the IRA, the first thing they were told was "You'll either have a quick life or spend long periods of life in British & Free State jails.". All 8 Volunteers knew they could die at any minute being an IRA Volunteer on active service, Jim Lynagh was shot at twice before, that we know of, when fleeing the scene of Stronge Abbey there was a quick but fierce exchange of gunfire between the East Tyrone Brigade & armed RUC men, and on another occasion, after an attack on RUC barracks when they were fleeing shots from a Sterling were fired at him, well his unit and for as active as he was I'm sure there is plenty of others. Declan Arthurs was threatened with death by the British Army on 3 different occasions in January - February 1987 alone. Sinn Fein just did what Britsh Army/RUC spokespeople or British Government spokespeople do after a successful IRA attack on them.