“World By Storm” is the pseudonym of one of the principal writers at The Cedar Lounge Revolution, an excellent Irish politics blog. In this entry he distracts himself from Ireland’s catastrophic economic situation by considering the Northern Ireland analogy. Unlike most people so tempted, he can’t be accused of ignorance of Irish politics and history.
Archive for the 'Northern Ireland' Category
The Northern Ireland analogy really is the gift that keeps on giving. Here we have Niall O’Dowd, bloated with self importance, portraying himself as the key figure whose brilliant negotiating skills undid the logjam of the Troubles, defeated the massed ranks of the CIA, FBI and probably the KKK too and paved the way for peace in Northern Ireland.
Continue reading ‘Ismail Haniyeh: First Minister of the Gaza Region of Greater Israel’
I regret having to return soon to the wretched Northern Ireland analogy but the persistence with which people appeal to it is really amazing. They seem to be unable to accept Hamas on its own terms and driven by a desire to wish it into being something that it is not.
Continue reading ‘The Northern Ireland Analogy And Irrational Yearnings’
Regular readers of this blog will know that we have repeatedly argued against the usefulness of the Northern Ireland analogy applied to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Nevertheless, like the corpse of a drowned dog, it keeps bobbing to the surface again and again. The latest example is by Ali Abunimah in the New York Times. With a deep sigh and a heavy step I’ll now proceed to take it apart.
Haaretz is reporting that David Trimble is going to be one of the foreign observers participating in Israel’s inquiry into the Mavi Marmara affair.
