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jrandom421

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26. It could get really ugly really fast

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 01:20 PM

Aug 2019

A hard border will reignite the troubles, make no mistake about it. For dissidents on the republican side any customs posts – be they at the actual border or 10 miles away – will be a target for violence. A bandit border will return. Tit of Tat will start. The only thing I cannot see this time round is the British Army on the streets, more like a UN peace keeping force.

It the Brexiters bring in the British Army to deal with the border, what's to prevent Ireland, as a member of the EU, from asking for military assistance from the other member states?

We could see the British Army on one side of the border, with German, French and/or Italian troops on the other, just moments away from an encounter that could ignite armed conflict, just as Russia has hoped,

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I am a child of the troubles [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP

K&R MaryMagdaline Aug 2019 #1

Thanks for sharing this. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #2

The Plantation of Ulster, what an everlasting nightmare that set into motion Celerity Aug 2019 #3

K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #4

K & R mountain grammy Aug 2019 #5

A large percentage of Americans support the Irish cause FakeNoose Aug 2019 #6

They would rather see the Union disintegrate then give up! Soph0571 Aug 2019 #9

Is there any chance for a united Ireland remaining in the EU? Jokerman Aug 2019 #7

If there is a border poll and the majority vote for unification then it will happen Soph0571 Aug 2019 #8

Please keep posting on this issue jmbar2 Aug 2019 #10

Soph, you've made the stakes very real Mersky Aug 2019 #11

I saw the scars of the violence when I visited.... Historic NY Aug 2019 #12

Thanks for your insight. GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #13

Thank you for this excellent and very personal post. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #14

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2019 #15

I dated a gal in the early 80's from Ireland... Javaman Aug 2019 #16

You expressed this so beautifully - poetically, even. calimary Aug 2019 #17

This: Soph0571 Aug 2019 #19

"...Quiet as a serpent..." calimary Aug 2019 #20

I cannot recommend his poetry enough Soph0571 Aug 2019 #22

Superb! calimary Aug 2019 #30

I recently watched "Mother's Day," a heartbreaking (but ultimately very uplifting) movie deurbano Aug 2019 #18

Thank you for your heartfelt testimony, Soph Hekate Aug 2019 #21

Thank you so much Soph for sharing such an important piece of yourself. alwaysinasnit Aug 2019 #23

I was speaking to some friend who live in Ireland Richard D Aug 2019 #24

on the plus side keroro gunsou Aug 2019 #25

It could get really ugly really fast jrandom421 Aug 2019 #26

In a future where Boris gets his way lapfog_1 Aug 2019 #27

I'll just put this here, cause I don't have much to add but wanted to say something ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #28

Stockholm 88 Soph0571 Aug 2019 #29

Thanks for reminding us that hate gets us nowhere. Karadeniz Aug 2019 #31

I was in Donegal over 25 years ago this month mitch96 Aug 2019 #32

KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Aug 2019 #33

Thank you for sharing this underpants Aug 2019 #34

Wow!!!!! Thank you gopiscrap Aug 2019 #35

What's a "bandit border"? bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #36

That and more Soph0571 Aug 2019 #37

Thanks, that shows why you chose the broad term bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #38

The Brits and the DUP moniss Aug 2019 #39

As someone with one Scottish parent and one Welsh parent, Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #40

I wish the best of outcomes moniss Sep 2019 #42

No-deal Brexit 'could motivate extremists in Northern Ireland' Myrddin Aug 2019 #41