One more post on the subject of the Irish getting their dander up.
— John Ringo SF Author (@Jringo1508) June 10, 2026
The Irish Troubles (a continuous low level insurgency) lasted from the 1960s to 1998. But they were the continuation of 'Troubles' stretching back to the 1800s.
1998, that's a bit over 25 years ago.
Both sides…
One more post on the subject of the Irish getting their dander up.
The Irish Troubles (a continuous low level insurgency) lasted from the 1960s to 1998. But they were the continuation of 'Troubles' stretching back to the 1800s.
1998, that's a bit over 25 years ago.
Both sides in the Troubles, the Catholics and the Protestants, are one generation away from a civil war that lasted for TWO GENERATIONS.
The Gen Z men of today were raised on the stories of the heroism and patriotism of their fathers and grandfathers and THEY HAVE HAD NO SIMILAR OUTLET.
The IRA did not invent the vehicle borne IED. The Vietnamese used it before them.
They just invented a cocktail from their name as well as a drinking song.
'Former' IRA weapons dealers are still some of the top illegal weapons dealers in the world.
1/10th of 'British' SAS come from Ulster. A significant fraction of the British infantry as well.
Many of them served in GWOT so they have a recent master's class in insurgency.
And now Keir Bloody Starmer and the Irish Government have given BOTH SIDES a reason to start again, but this time UNITED.
We may be about to get a glimpse of what a civil war in the US looks like up against a massive surveillance state.
Take notes.
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