> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Roger Millin > Sent: 19 December 2008 09:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] Re: News from 19 century > > Bruce asked: > > and you think there is a difference? > > ------------------------------------ > > Only subtly in that one was the political wing and the other the army > wing BUT I admit that the borderline between the two was very smudged. > It still suited them to claim that there was a difference and us to > pretend to deal with the two organisations as separate entities though.
Indeed so and probably for the best all things considered. Peace in NI was never going to be achieved without some form of accommodation with the IRA Tacitly ignoring the fact that the leading figures in Sein Fein in recent years are former IRA activists is a small price to pay (albeit a bitter pill to swallow) for an end to the bombings and shootings Bru
