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Old 14-11-2003, 13:39   #86
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Re: anti americanism fashionable

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Originally Posted by dr wadd
The Russians took over Afghanistan, when the local population fought back they were regarded as freedom fighters. The English annexed a vaste swathe of Ireland, I think that the Irish had every right to fight to reclaim the land that was rightfully theirs.
OK, so let's be absolutely clear about this. Are you saying that you believe this was justified in the name of a Republic of all Ireland?

Incidentally, the Loyalist population of Northern Ireland are largely descended from Scots, not English.
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