Falkland Islanders to hold referendum over sovereignty

[Tupac Shakur]

No, that's not restraint, that's the sort of incompetence that would be expected from a tool of your (very small and lightly loaded) caliber.

Yes, it was incompetence that led the IRA to call in a bomb warning so people could be evacuated. Jesus Christ, go learn a thing or two before you flap your ****ing mouth, old man.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Yes? Duh? They set off 1500kg of semtex and fertilizer in the center of Manchester and didn't kill a single soul. That's unreal restraint.

No, that's not restraint, that's the sort of incompetence that would be expected from a tool of your (very small and lightly loaded) caliber.

[Tupac Shakur]

Admirably restrained when they bombed Manchester injuring 200 people?

Yes? Duh? They set off 1500kg of semtex and fertilizer in the center of Manchester and didn't kill a single soul. That's unreal restraint. They even expressed regret for injuring people, which isn't something you'd never hear from the butchers in the UDR, UVA, or UDA.

Seriously, STFU. This is the equivalent of someone mocking America over 9/11. If it's a troll it's in ****ing disgusting taste.

It's literally impossible to calculate how many times worse the death toll on 9/11 was compared to the 1996 Manchester bombing. You need to acquire a sack and some perspective, you whinging imperialist pussy.

[Sava]

If it's a troll it's in ****ing disgusting taste.

That's the point. And it seems to be working on you.

trololol

[kentonio]

How many of those shootings, bombings, kneecappings, and kidnappings in "UK cities" were committed by the British Army and their Protestant thugs in Northern Ireland? The Provos were actually admirably restrained in their response to British provocations, as laid out in the link I provided.

Admirably restrained when they bombed Manchester injuring 200 people? How about the 220 injuries and 29 deaths in Omagh which included a woman pregnant with twins, six children and six teenagers? Were those little kids admirably maimed and murdered you ****ing piece of ****? How about people like mother of 10 Jean McConville, who went to the aid of a wounded British soldier right outside her front door in Belfast and was kidnapped and murdered by the IRA, who then hid her body so her family couldn't even lay her to rest for the next 30 years?

Seriously, STFU. This is the equivalent of someone mocking America over 9/11. If it's a troll it's in ****ing disgusting taste.

[self biased]

I was expecting the "could have mad it stop by giving them their freedom" troll.

you have much to learn, young one.

[Tupac Shakur]

They didn't even have to give them their freedom; the UK bought peace in the Good Friday Agreement for so much less. All the British really had to do was promise to stop being complete ******, which proved exceptionally difficult for them.

[regexcellent]

I was expecting the "could have made it stop by giving them their freedom" troll.

[Tupac Shakur]

I grew up in a time when those murderous ****s were blowing up shopping centres and pubs in UK cities, and where there was a high chance that each days news report would include a shooting or bombing or kneecapping or kidnapping etc etc. Oh and then we got to hear about how the lovely Americans in Boston and elsewhere were helping fund it.

How many of those shootings, bombings, kneecappings, and kidnappings in "UK cities" were committed by the British Army and their Protestant thugs in Northern Ireland? The Provos were actually admirably restrained in their response to British provocations, as laid out in the link I provided.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Having a near infinite supply of gullible tools like yourself didn't hurt either. Nor did having a large cadre of enforcers to make sure the gullible tools actually went out and died "for the people."

[Tupac Shakur]

I prefer my politics limited to public debates or broadsheets, interviews and the like, but I can see how some might prefer this method:

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. - Mao Zedong

Say what you will about Mao, but the man knew what he was talking about when it came to insurgency.

[Sava]

I thought the Troubles didn't actually have more than a few thousand casualties total? Considering it was a 30 year conflict that's pretty low intensity.

quick wiki search says IRA killed more (1,824) during the troubles than Israelis have died between 1987 and 2011 (1503)

low intensity

[kentonio]

I thought the Troubles didn't actually have more than a few thousand casualties total? Considering it was a 30 year conflict that's pretty low intensity.

Terrorist campaigns do not need to be back to back spectacular attacks, just the endless non-stop drip feed of death and horror and fear is enough.

[Hauldren Collider]

I thought the Troubles didn't actually have more than a few thousand casualties total? Considering it was a 30 year conflict that's pretty low intensity.

[Sava]

Oh and then we got to hear about how the lovely Americans in Boston and elsewhere were helping fund it.

We even elected some of them to Congress