Taking decimation in it's literal sense, i.e. "one-in-ten" then that is almost exactly what did happen to those fighting in the British, Commonwealth and Empire Armies during both the First and Second World Wars.

So your: "Had Easter week not happened Irish Youth would have been decimated on The Somme and Ireland would have been unsustainable as a nation"

The losses suffered by the British, Commonwealth and Empire forces did not result in any losses that could ever be remotely described as unsustainable - so from you this is just more over emotive claptrap based on total ignorance.

Elsewhere the French, Germans and Russians lost even more - and that did not result in any "unsustainability" - quite the contrary within 20 years they were all ready to start all over again.

The "men of the gun" in Irish history and in the "fight" for Irish Independence and Unity have only ever succeeded in demonstrating their unerring skill and abilities at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. In 2016 you were further away from achieving a united Ireland than you were in 2014 and the real irony is that it may well be Brexit that eventually does lay the ground for unity and the "men of the gun" will have had S.F.A. to do with it.