I see both sides of this. Americans aren't used to being attacked in their own country. It shocked me, and I'm not American. However, I live in a country that was victim to an American-sponsored terrorist attack. Whether I'm from Libya, Iraq, or Western Europe, I wish people wouldn't gift money to "freedom fighters" when they are on your side but call them terrorists when they are not. Whether they are with you or against you, they are terrorists.
American business (some big names which I won't specify in public) loyally sponsored the IRA freedom fighters against their evil English oppressors. The freedom fighters blew up a 12 year old and a 3 year old child out shopping for a Mothers Day card. Three years later, they tore the heart out of my city (while I was there, but luckily at least half a mile from the bomb itself). We were hosting the European championships at the time and the billion pound plus of material damage was probably less than the political damage that Britain is an unsafe country to visit. Due to luck and incompetence, nobody was killed. It just doesn't ever seem a good idea to sponsor terrorism.
I'm guessing you're talking about the Warrington and Manchester bombings. I'm sorry I really have no memory of them, as I was young. I do remember that we used to summer in England, and that in my early teens we stopped doing that, and this might have been the reason we stopped.
I'm really sorry about what happened. I would like to debate you on this, but I have no facts, and since I'm the last open minded person on earth, I won't fall back to the "we're America, we're great and don't do anything bad". And if you fire me up, you know which side I will argue on, as you know my roots are with the passport with the unicorn.
When you say IRA to the vast majority of Americans, it means Individual Retirement Account. The Troubles have no meaning to them. But the Irish of the city of Boston are another story. I know there were many Irish in Boston that openly supported the IRA. But they're Irish, and they operate beyond logic.
Hopefully any American business leader in a position to support the IRA is long retired and that period can now be put behind us.
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I see both sides of this. Americans aren't used to being attacked in their own country. It shocked me, and I'm not American. However, I live in a country that was victim to an American-sponsored terrorist attack. Whether I'm from Libya, Iraq, or Western Europe, I wish people wouldn't gift money to "freedom fighters" when they are on your side but call them terrorists when they are not. Whether they are with you or against you, they are terrorists.
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"American-sponsored terrorist attack..."
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American business (some big names which I won't specify in public) loyally sponsored the IRA freedom fighters against their evil English oppressors. The freedom fighters blew up a 12 year old and a 3 year old child out shopping for a Mothers Day card. Three years later, they tore the heart out of my city (while I was there, but luckily at least half a mile from the bomb itself). We were hosting the European championships at the time and the billion pound plus of material damage was probably less than the political damage that Britain is an unsafe country to visit. Due to luck and incompetence, nobody was killed. It just doesn't ever seem a good idea to sponsor terrorism.
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I'm guessing you're talking about the Warrington and Manchester bombings. I'm sorry I really have no memory of them, as I was young. I do remember that we used to summer in England, and that in my early teens we stopped doing that, and this might have been the reason we stopped.
I'm really sorry about what happened. I would like to debate you on this, but I have no facts, and since I'm the last open minded person on earth, I won't fall back to the "we're America, we're great and don't do anything bad". And if you fire me up, you know which side I will argue on, as you know my roots are with the passport with the unicorn.
When you say IRA to the vast majority of Americans, it means Individual Retirement Account. The Troubles have no meaning to them. But the Irish of the city of Boston are another story. I know there were many Irish in Boston that openly supported the IRA. But they're Irish, and they operate beyond logic.
Hopefully any American business leader in a position to support the IRA is long retired and that period can now be put behind us.
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I'm really sorry about what happened to you too. No country should have to suffer things like this. I mean that about every country in the world.