No indeed. My father was in the Irish guards. the armoured division driving an Sherman tank called McGillicuddy Reeks, suplied by the much despised Americans.

Because they had become an English Tommy (another term which raises a sneer) The Irish lads were in danger when they went home on furlough.

Though of course much of that Celtic and traveller culture would have ended up in a gas chamber, if those brave Irish men had not put their own lives on the line, and in many cases lost their lives to fight for our freedom.

As you say, many people of all nations made that sacrifice to fight Hitler and wrest the control of Europe away from him.

I think that's what make the controversy of of Trump's visit so shameful. He's here in his office to honour the sacred dead. The fact that he's a total fuckwit should be irrelevant for one day. the rest of his visit - go get him!