I find it completely understandable that one who consistently takes the English patriotic view would look at this from the perspective that statesthetruthassheseesit does. Of course you wouldn't recognize the suffering of the Irish people. Of course you wouldn't understand why some Irish would be hesitant to fight on the side of the English, regardless the foe. Of course you wouldn't understand the bitterness of those who did in the first war only to come home to broken promises. Your frame of reference doesn't allow you to understand these things.

Mick