I find the Adams statement that "we have seen the failure of politics" quite disturbing. Is there a substantial difference between making a statement like this, and threatening outright violence as a remedy? If, as I believe, Adams is aware of the ineffectiveness of terror and violence as an ongoing strategy for Sinn Fein and the IRA, then such a statement must be viewed as a form of extortion...using a renewal of terrorist activity as a threat. I sincerely hope clearer heads, and the will of all the people of Northern Ireland toward peace, prevails.