I've just gone through the postings to this thread:

On "Intelligence"
From: McGrath of Harlow - PM
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 11:38 AM

"And the government knew all about these non-existent stocks of WMDs in Iraq?"

GUEST,Belfast/N.I./Ireland. - PM
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 01:13 PM

"And the government knew all about these non-existent stocks of WMDs in Iraq?"

Sure they knew, they knew they were wrong"

And:

From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 07:13 PM

"When I hear on TV that "intelligence sources have confirned", I can't help thinking if these are are the same "intelligent sources" who confirmed the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq."


Well both MGOH and Guests are wrong. NOBODY in Intelligence knew about those non-existent stocks of WMD's in Iraq, the only people who clearly stated that they MAY exist as they were currently unaccounted for were the UN's own UNSCOM Inspectors. That was the whole point to establish whether they existed or not. I am not going to argue the matter, but anyone who doubts the above should just go back and read what was very clearly stated at the time.

The collapse of the GFA:
From: akenaton - PM
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 05:28 PM

"I see NI slipping back into conflict again ,after the false dawn of the Good Friday Agreement.

The blame lies on the shoulders of the Irish and UK governments, and the loyalist people of NI."

Eh; Its now November Ake, have I missed something or has, "the false dawn of the Good Friday Agreement" given way to an extremely quiet conflict? As this one of your many predicted apocalypses has failed to materialise (like all the others) are you were so prominent in aportioning blame for its cause, are you prepared to give those same parties credit for staving off what you always see as the inevitable in your dire predictions.

Also from Akenaton the Prophet:
From: akenaton - PM
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 07:47 PM

"Tiocfaidh...The IRAs' purpose is to construct a United Irish Republic, a sentiment I fully agree with.

The problem lies with the Loyalist population of the North, who will always be in a position to block this purpose."

Really Ake, by the bye this also goes to someone, who like Ake here staunchly espouses the cause of a united Ireland and states he supports the wishes of the people of Northern Ireland. Well the results of a survey taken in 2004 showed that quite a sizeable majority of the people of NI wished to remain within the United Kingdom, it also showed that the majority of Catholics wished that Northern Ireland should remain as part of the UK - That good enough for you, are you prepared to accept that.

Now this one was just bloody hilarious:
From: GUEST
Date: 06 May 05 - 11:21 AM

"Some brits are unbelievable. If your country had been occupied by a foreign army and your people persecuted for centuries, not only would you be having red, white and blue street parties to celebrate the end of the occupation, but you would be singing twenty verse songs about the whole debacle for the next few centuries."

Hey pal, have you EVER read ANYTHING about the history of the British Isles? Judging from your you OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT.

Lastly
From: polaitaly - PM
Date: 10 May 05 - 04:52 AM

"The nationalist community was so well protected that the first thing the army did was Bloody Sunday."

Not true, the first thing the British Forces did was to enforce the disbanding of the B-Specials and disarm them. In doing that, while protecting the Nationalist enclaves in the cities of Northern Ireland the British Forces came under attack from the "Loyalist" paramilitary groups. By the way polaitaly that is not an opinion, it is not something gathered from reading history or articles on the internet, it comes from personal experience.

Another thing that should be realised - in history, there has never been, prior to the inception of the Republic of Ireland, a country, a nation, or a State called Ireland. There has been an island called Ireland or Erin. Same misconception applies to Palestine, which is a modern invention.