> They can't achieve their aim, they don't have a mass base and the
> population
> is sick of war. Republican terror will only bring back the Loyalist
> paramilitaries and the British Army-- which would only bring more death and
> violence to the region, sharpening ethnic divides.
>
> Obviously a segment of the left will applaud from afar the martyrs of
> Ireland, but a rational look at the conditions in North Ireland today would
> make anyone hope that this was an isolated incident and not a sign of
> things
> to come.
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Now that sounds like a statement from someone who knows how ethnic divides actually affect politics...
As I said though, one of my main worries is the potential for diffuse "paramilitary" groups to drag an overenthusiastic response out of an over-inflated anti-terrorist lobby in Britain and thus sparking off more discontent among the general population.