I, for one, have found this more educational, historically speaking, than most of the former threads on the "Troubles" and I've been here for almost all of them, I think.

I appreciate hearing from you who live there, or have lived there and hearing the very differing perspectives. I used to think I knew something about it all, but I lost that arrogance a couple or so years ago.

I would say that I don't like anyone painting with a broad brush, though, and just register that not ALL Americans are brainwashed by the Shrub and his War of Obfuscation. We do not see a "terrorist in every pot" and have been lodging our protests in many differnet ways. We need for the international community to keep up their pressure to avert this bullshit, too, as it lends that much more support to our dissent.

Thanks,

kat