Subject: RE: BS: de Valera a British Spy
From: Bryn Pugh - PM
Date: 12 Nov 09 - 04:05 AM

Seriously, tho ' - and to humour Dick - if de Valera had been a British spy (and I remain to be convinced) why did he oppose the 'Anglo-Irish Treaty' ?

It seems to me that if he were working for the British he would have welcomed the 'Treaty' with open arms (so to speak) ?

Do not suggest that he was playing a 'long game' - I said it above and I'll say it again - what he got in 1932 he could have had in 1922 ; and if he had been a British spy, on his terms.
buy the book, read it,and consider the arguments the author puts forward.
virtually everything, De Valera did worked to the benefit of the British, check out how he managed to split irish american support, check out his splitting tactics generally.
people should read the bOok ,before making ignorant unknowledgable staements.
he was Edward de Valera,not Eammonn.he was aconsummate liar.