Barry, I’m an American of Irish, English and Scots descent with one set of Catholic grandparents and another set of Protestant grandparents. I witnessed, first hand, the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland as a student in 1977.
As you so aptly note, it is hard to love any country that engages in the wholesale slaughter and repression of a peop…
Barry, I’m an American of Irish, English and Scots descent with one set of Catholic grandparents and another set of Protestant grandparents. I witnessed, first hand, the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland as a student in 1977.
As you so aptly note, it is hard to love any country that engages in the wholesale slaughter and repression of a people, let alone the evil acts of terrorism such as Hamas conducted. In Ireland, the PLO-trained terrorists created unbearable fear, loss and on-going anger and resentment that continues.
The Irish did manage to create an uneasy peace. It’s far from perfect and doesn’t work for everyone but it has allowed for more people to raise their families and pursue their dreams in relative peace. That matters.
That is my prayer for all the people in Israel and Gaza. My lifetime? One can only hope….
Barry, I’m an American of Irish, English and Scots descent with one set of Catholic grandparents and another set of Protestant grandparents. I witnessed, first hand, the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland as a student in 1977.
As you so aptly note, it is hard to love any country that engages in the wholesale slaughter and repression of a people, let alone the evil acts of terrorism such as Hamas conducted. In Ireland, the PLO-trained terrorists created unbearable fear, loss and on-going anger and resentment that continues.
The Irish did manage to create an uneasy peace. It’s far from perfect and doesn’t work for everyone but it has allowed for more people to raise their families and pursue their dreams in relative peace. That matters.
That is my prayer for all the people in Israel and Gaza. My lifetime? One can only hope….
We are kin, minus the Catholic part. The parallels between "The Troubles" and the situation in Gaza are very, very close.