"The "required" result is the one wanted by the people of NI themselves, not imposed by outsiders."
So the people of the six counties decide when where and if British are deployed and the residents of the British mainland have no say in the matter - is that right?
"No, you have just added mainland voters too!"
No I haven't - you are distorting what I have said again. I said the future of the six counties should rest with the people of the whole of Ireland.
I added that the people of mainland Britain should have a say in whether British troops should be deployed there.
"The US Civil War."
This is exactly what I said - I at no time have advocated a Civil War to decide matters.
"To lose a part of a nation to a foreign power should be the decision of the nation of a whole, not just those who have been singled out by that foreign power.
(Opinion of NI people irrelevant)
I believe there was a bit of an altercation in the U.S. in the middle of the 19th century when a number of States decided to go it alone - or am I imagining it?
Was it an act of fascism on the part of the Union to impose their will on the Cessationist States?"
I still haven't had a reply on whether you believe the opposition to cessation was an act of fascism - reply please.
"The British people, through their elected government, DO decide where troops are sent."
So when we elected the Blair Government we voted to send troops to Iraq - is that right?
Jim Carroll