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    Die IRA hat Schottland nicht „aus Prinzip“ angegriffen | Irische Republikaner weigerten sich, Schottland zu bombardieren, weil es eine „keltische Nation“ mit einer ähnlichen Geschichte englischer Unterdrückung sei, so ein britischer Spion, der Sinn Féin infiltriert hatte


    Die IRA hat Schottland nicht „aus Prinzip“ angegriffen | Irische Republikaner weigerten sich, Schottland zu bombardieren, weil es eine „keltische Nation“ mit einer ähnlichen Geschichte englischer Unterdrückung sei, so ein britischer Spion, der Sinn Féin infiltriert hatte

    https://www.thetimes.com/article/ira-did-not-hit-scotland-on-principle-hwlmdtjtj

    Von 1DarkStarryNight

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    11 Comments

    1. Matthew94 on

      >with a similar history of English oppression

      You’d think someone in the ra would have read a history book. Scotland were partners hand in hand with England. The idea they were some conquered people is pure revisionism.

    3. Acrobatic_Buddy_9444 on

      they’re in for a nasty surprise when they find out what Ireland has done to Scotland and vice versa

    5. davesr25 on

      Also supporters in Scotland helping with supply, transport, accommodation, safe houses and much more.

    6. Dayzed-n-Confuzed on

      Didn’t stop them from blowing up their own though did it.

    8. Atlantic_Rock on

      Terrible headline. The IRA didn’t hit Scotland because:

      1.) There was a level of sympathy for the cause there (as a result of the huge proportion of Irish diaspora from Ulster, especially in Glasgow, but also Edinburgh) and attacks would have undermined that. London is the capital of the UK, if they wanted to attack Britain it would have to be there, in spite of the Irish diaspora.

      2.) Not everywhere in England was hit; attacks weren’t random, they were assassination attempts or hits on political and economic infrastructure. The goal was to create shock in Britain that wasn’t being acheived by attacks in the North; it had become a warzone and Brits could treat it as conflict away from home. There wasn’t a whole on in Scotland they could hit that they felt could move the needle.

      “Celtic nations” might have been a useful rhetorical device but thats as far is it really went.

    9. cognificient on

      They never hear about the prod Scot settlers, who have effectively socially ruined the North for generations

    10. Weird-Weakness-3191 on

      I expert some balanced commentary on this

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    11. xCreampye69x on

      The British Monarchy comes from a Scottish/German line btw. (House Stuart and Hanover)

      The planters were Scots majority.

      Scotland/Scottish people had a massive hand in the split of the Ireland.

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