How would you rank their skill at assassinations in a historical context?
>>18448541Below the Praetorian Guard
>>18448541Who the fuck did these photoshoots for them?
>>18448547Take a wild fuckin guess
>>18448541Lets just say "the luck of the Irish" is an ironic phrase.
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>skill at assassinationsAssuming by your photo that you mean the Provisional IRA, the British Army regarded them as an extreme threat.>Lord Mountbatten>Robert Bradford (Unionist MP)>Norman+James Stronge (Unionist politicians)>Airey Neave (Shadow NI Secretary)>Thatcher's Cabinet (near miss)They also launched mortar attacks on 10 Downing Street, which again British Security Officials noted for their sophistication.Assassinations weren't really their main strategy though; they'd target influential or particularly hated individuals, but their strategy was primarily about making NI ungovernable as widely and for as long as possible. >>18448547IRA regularly had propanda shoots (picrel) but there are many photographers who during the Troubles were allowed into meetings or funerals to photograph paramilitaries from time to time. Many of them ended up writing books about it.
OP I saw in the news about an IRA bomb yesterday by the "New IRA."Why are there so many groups using the name IRA? Was there never an attempt to bring them all together?
>>18449251>Why are there so many groups using the name IRA?It all started in the 1960s, with the divide between the leadership and the rank and file; the leadership became increasingly convinced that the IRA should be just one small cog in some big mega-left bloc where they ditch armed action to try build a broad left wing political alliance. People were disillusioned with this idea, with many believing that debating over this political shit whilst Catholics in NI were under attack was pointless. This is where the original split happened, they split into:>Provisional IRA (PIRA)Lead by Seán Mac Stíofáin, they were a broad church of traditional republicans and moderate socialists (later on). They believed that the priority should be rebuilding the IRA to bring down Northern Ireland and take the fight to the British.>Official IRA (OIRA)The remnants of the leadership, lead by Cathal Goulding. They advocated for Marxist political activity with the IRA mostly being used for defence.Since 1938, de-facto leadership of the Republican movement had rested with the IRA's Army Council, but now there were two of those. The Provisional IRA managed to win the legitimacy argument because Tom Maguire-the last surviving member of the 1938 "Second Dáil" which had transferred authority to the IRA-gave them his formal support.This is the root of most successive splinters.>OIRA/Left SplintersThe OIRA had several breakaway groups; typically more radical marxist groups, like the INLA.>PIRA/Republican SplintersThe PIRA and Sinn Féin changed strategy throughout the Troubles, and each major change usually lead to a split. Abandoning abstention = Continuity IRA, whilst the ceasefire+peace process= Real IRA; each time they shifted in major policy, those opposed broke away.>New IRAMixture of Real IRA+fringe Republican groups. Real IRA became "legitimate" thanks to Tom Maguire supporting them over the Provos in 1987, so maybe New IRA are the "most legitimate" now kekked.
>>18449266When NI eventually gets tired of Britain's shit, the Irish outnumber the Protestants, and they vote for reunification will there be a similar Prot chimp out or will they just bleat and moan?Also, what are the terms for the referendum under the GFA? Is it one and done? Can they have as many as they like? Is there a cooldown? Why didn't they play their hand and fire it during the Brexit shitshow?
Prot vs Catholic nonsense is so subhuman. Enough with the Semitic fairy tales dividing the Irish people. Ireland belongs to the Irish, not some imaginary authorities spawned by Jewish schizophrenia.
>>18449280Denounce Vishnu.
>>18448541They were crap at assassinations, with lots of misses and innocent bystanders, which hurt their cause. When they killed Mountbatten they also killed an Irish 15-year-old, for example. As a terrorist force they were ineffective, and riddled with informers. They only won because picrel came to power and sympathised with them. Another 5 years of John Major and the increased surveillance capabilities as tech improved, plus 9/11, and they would have been wiped out like ETA.
>>18449282Vishnu licks my balls. Hindus are subhuman.
>>18449271>will there be a similar Prot chimp outNo. The younger generation have different priorities.
>>18449283>Another 5 years of John Major and the increased surveillance capabilities as tech improved, plus 9/11, and they would have been wiped out like ETA.You're failing to take into account that things could only get bettter.
>>18449287kek
The Irish, a great bunch of lads.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86zc-iSF73k
>>18448547"Radicals" and "revolutionaries" just don't seem so hard when you realize they arrange gay photo ops with installed journalists
how to win the troubles:>forcibly conscript the entire male Protestant population into the UDR, evacuate the entire Protestant population into Antrim and Down.>begin a troop surge, sending 100,000+ soldiers into the remaining parts of NI>Issue a proclamation giving the Irish/Catholic population two weeks to vacate the six counties and for the Protestant population to move into the designated safe areas still under British rule>declare all outside the safe areas who do not immediately surrender to be enemy combatants.>after those two weeks begin an offensive operation into the rest of NI, supported by air strikes, tanks, and artillery as if it were an armed advance into a Warsaw pact country.>any areas which become no go zones will be subjected to chemical weapons bombardment, preferably with nerve gas>continue this offensive across the entity of NI until the six counties are cleared of hostiles.Boom, troubles are over and in less than a year.
>>18449326True, this photo becomes comical once you imagine the cameraman in front. I also think this about a lot of war photographs with like crying children on the ground and shit, imagine the asshole photographer just standing there
>>18449422>totalitarian powers>uklmao
>deport the catholics to the irish republic>deport the protestants to the UK>kill anyone that refuses to leave>turn the entirety of northern ireland into a UN-protected nature preserveshrimple as
>>18448541>How would you rank their skill at assassinations in a historical context?They had a pretty poor kill/death ratio considering the weapons available to them and the lack of electronic countermeasures available to the Brits.
>>18449271>When NI eventually gets tired of Britain's shit, the Irish outnumber the ProtestantsWe are already at that stage. Protestants haven't been a majority for years and everyone hates the Brits-Unionists just can't admit it because it hurts their image.>will there be a similar Prot chimp out or will they just bleat and moanMaybe something sporadic, but it'd not do very well. Loyalist Paramilitaries relied almost entirely on apathy (or at times, outright support) from the British Security Forces to function. There'd be a handful of disturbances but when not being protected by NI retardation the entireity of the UVF and UDA could be rounded up in an afternoon-their identities are not secret.>Also, what are the terms for the referendum under the GFA? Is it one and done? Nope, one then the only limit is 7 years between each vote. Only the NI Secretary of State can grant a border vote, though.>Why didn't they play their hand and fire it during the Brexit shitshowMost realise that shit like flags and culture wars doesn't do anything for the average voter. So since 2016 the narrative has become about making Unionism+the UK look like the dangerous and unstable choice, with the happy-clappy EU side being that of a United Ireland.It has worked very well, and its why Unionism is so fucktarded at the moment. Mind you, Sinn Féin will explode immediately after any successful vote for a United Ireland. They're a fake party.
>>18448544The Praetorian Guard did assassination? I thought they were bodyguards.
>>18449287Howard Jones version>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the screeching by Peter Cunnah
>>18448541good enough to make brtitish oppressors seethe
