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>The IRA were not on the scale of Islamic terrorism... Seriously? When I was a child the Northern Ireland troubles were in the news every single day! At times

>The IRA were not on the scale of Islamic terrorism... Seriously? When I was a child the Northern Ireland troubles were in the news every single day! At times it was a constant stream of bombings and executions. There were roadblocks in the street run by paramilitaries. Whole communities were controlled by these organisations and their fundraisers. The scope may have been restricted to England and the island of Ireland, but in these areas it was all out. The scale of Islamic terrorism in the UK does not even come close

reitanqild 9y ago
Not wanting to defend IRA but often they warned in advance before attacking purely civilan targets, didn't they?
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  Yes a lot of the time. I also deliberately didn't mention the IRA by name, as there were a number of groups involved on both sides. A counter example would be the 'Real IRA' and the Omagh bombing where it appears the telephone warning was designed to move more people into the path of a bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing
  - reitanqild 9y ago
    Thanks for sharing. And thanks for being thoughtful in the way you present it.
freedomintruth 9y ago
>> in the UK ... I did mention England, Belgium, France, Middle East, Philippines, USA, Egypt: so scale geographically ISIS wins. I didn't mention Canada, Sweden, Africa, Turkey. For if it's about numbers, would you say IRA has killed more people than ISIS? Did the IRA use sex slaves like ISIS did with Yazidi prisoners as in the New York Times piece I linked? These guys are targeting all different sorts of groups in almost all continents. And if nations security apparatus were not fighting ISIS and Al Qaeda, do you think there would be less or more violence? In other words, are they satisfied with sovereignty in some limited geographical area, or would they try to do as much damager wherever they could?

reitanqild 9y ago

Not wanting to defend IRA but often they warned in advance before attacking purely civilan targets, didn't they?

jimnotgym 9y ago
Yes a lot of the time. I also deliberately didn't mention the IRA by name, as there were a number of groups involved on both sides. A counter example would be the 'Real IRA' and the Omagh bombing where it appears the telephone warning was designed to move more people into the path of a bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing
- reitanqild 9y ago
  Thanks for sharing. And thanks for being thoughtful in the way you present it.

freedomintruth 9y ago

>> in the UK ... I did mention England, Belgium, France, Middle East, Philippines, USA, Egypt: so scale geographically ISIS wins. I didn't mention Canada, Sweden, Africa, Turkey. For if it's about numbers, would you say IRA has killed more people than ISIS? Did the IRA use sex slaves like ISIS did with Yazidi prisoners as in the New York Times piece I linked? These guys are targeting all different sorts of groups in almost all continents. And if nations security apparatus were not fighting ISIS and Al Qaeda, do you think there would be less or more violence? In other words, are they satisfied with sovereignty in some limited geographical area, or would they try to do as much damager wherever they could?