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Officer Stephen Carroll
From the "International Herald Tribune"
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It has little if any baring on those of you who serve in the U.S.A, but an Officer anywhere is a brother and deserving of our respect.
From the "International Herald Tribune"
Surrounded and outnumbered, pass me my vest!
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Thanks for sharing this story. I have friends across the pond, and visit whenever I can. I continue to hope that the worst of the troubles are behind us. I'm encouraged that the peace process has such wide support, but realize on what a tenuous thread it hangs.
Cheers,
Rod
"We're paratroopers. We're supposed to be surrounded!" Dick Winters
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irish,
I am so sorry to hear of the killings. There has been too much of this for far too long. I hope and pray that this is not a harbinger of a return to The Troubles and those sad days.
R.I.P. Officer Carroll.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliott
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
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Being 2nd Generation Irish American (family came from County Wexford in 1890), I firmly believe that Ireland should belong solely to Ireland.
That being said, I also believe that violence is not the way to gain that Independence.
R.I.P. Brother your watch has ended, may you find Peace in your journey.
"Without fear there can be no Courage!"
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Originally Posted by Dal1Celt
I agree, well said.
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I had really begun to think that all of that was over with.
I really was surprised to hear of all this again.
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The troubles will probably NEVER end until Ireland is a whole and sovereign nation.
JMHO
Last edited by Dal1Celt; March 11th, 2009 at 01:22 PM.
"Without fear there can be no Courage!"
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I was stationed in England in the late 70's when the IRA was blowing crap up all over.I really hope they can find peace someday so people don't have to live in fear of just doing daily stuff.IIRC the violence was drawn along religious lines Catholics vs. Protestants and there political views
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
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Cheers to a completely free Ireland! But the violence must not start again...
Gonzo
PS - I'm glad the NI Police are armed, like their RUC predecessors. The Garda are still defenseless...
"Skin that smokewagon!".
RIP.
I hope We do not return to those dark days.
32=1.
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But isn't it just the Irish way to understate things...
"Troubles" = open revolution
They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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