I lhave looked through the last threads and it seems that there is little constructive discussion at the moment concerning the real issue. Ireland.


Lets get back to exchanging opinions and fruitful discussion. Less of this junk.
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The war in Iraq and in particular the handling of the post war Iraq has seen an immense increae in so called terrorism, bloodshed, torture, brutality etc.

The so called troubles in NI over past 3 decades have come to a so called close. When in 1974 upto 400 people were killed in 1 year, in the past three 3 years just 35 have been killed.

How can the lessons learnt in NI be put to good use in Raq?

In NI, the British/Irish Governments were able to negotiate with the different groups. How could one negotiate with Bin Laden?

Are there any comparisons between NI and Irag? Is there a comparable solution to Iraq or with respect to Al-Qaeda?

How can one define a terrorist. At the moment (Since 9/11) I believe this term is used to freely by leaders when they face people who do not agree with them.

Why terrorism? What starts it and Why?

Is the situation in NI really that rosy as the British PM like to promote?

What are your thoughts concerning the above points?
I'll be interested in seeing some constructive replies.

hi, I think you cant compare NI with the Iraq, because there are totally different cultures...
Bin Laden and his Al-Quaeda are fighting the Djihad, and for europeans, americans and ohter western (and asian) cultures its hard to understand what it means...
its nearly the same with animals (not in a bad way, I dont want to degrade anyone), if you dont observe and study their behavior, you never understand what they want, and you never know if you do any harm to them, even if you wanna do something good for them.

Today I think a terrorist is an enemy of the United States of America or Great Britain...

In my opinion its all a big missunderstanding, the one site tries to help (America) but provokes the other (Islamic Nations), and this site tries to defend themselves (with their methods used since medieval, think at the Assasins)