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Post by voxpopuli on Jan 14, 2008 22:28:40 GMT
BTW, Seamus Costello was never a member of Provisional Sinn Fein. Adams had only left the Sticks two or three years before the IRSM were founded.
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Post by voxpopuli on Jan 14, 2008 22:29:52 GMT
...and if it was declared a war wouldnt there be a violation for targeting civilian populations by all antagonists involved. This kind of stuff pops its head up now and again because it provides an excuse to not have to engage in any sort of real political discussion and to wind up the old political masquerade that they are all used to, and which quite frankly is a dam sight easier than actually having to do something pertinent. This is quite true, it would also potentially open Loyalists and Republicans, including elected representitives, for war crimes the Hague. |
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Post by Papa C. on Jan 14, 2008 23:04:42 GMT
BTW, Seamus Costello was never a member of Provisional Sinn Fein. Adams had only left the Sticks two or three years before the IRSM were founded. That's true, my apologies. The point I was trying to make, though, was that there were indeed Marxists within the provies even though it was denied by Adams. This just goes to show Adams' opposition to the Socialist Republic and the direction he wanted SF to go in. |
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Post by ulstersocialist on Jan 18, 2008 23:42:26 GMT
...and if it was a war with the British state or if the British state were at war with the IRA, then calling them and treating them as criminals would be in violation of the geneva convention wouldn't it? according to this manual on guerilla war I read, combatants are entitled to POW status if they wore insignia and uniforms. Not making taht argumnet myself, but that's apparently what the Geneva convention states. damn. If only those PIRA boys had thought on and wore tricolour patches with ''IRA'' across them! ;D |
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