Comments on: Time to go back to school. http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2007/04/24/time-to-go-back-to-school/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Simon http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2007/04/24/time-to-go-back-to-school/#comment-1590 Simon Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1001#comment-1590 not pedantic at all. I knew that. and ment to write it. But didn't for some reason not pedantic at all. I knew that. and ment to write it. But didn’t for some reason

]]> By: seanachie http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2007/04/24/time-to-go-back-to-school/#comment-1589 seanachie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/?p=1001#comment-1589 It's hardly being pedantic to point out it was Liam Lynch and not Dev that was IRA Chief of Staff during the Civil War and the Long Fellow's influence on military matters was negligible, despite his leadership of the political opposition to the Treaty.<br/><br/>Dev's crushing of the IRA in the 30s was no flip-flopping either but fully in line with his own venal pragmatism, which has since informed Fianna Fáil. Of course none of this validates Andrew Roberts' latest specious argument; to suggest that Bush could wipe out Al Qaeda in the same way as Dev weakened the already depleted Ra requires a certain degree of mental febrility. Roberts is in good company however; de Valera stands as Ian Paisley's favourite Taig for his crushing of their common enemy. I don't know if the Reverend Ian expects to sup tea with Dev in Paradise though. It’s hardly being pedantic to point out it was Liam Lynch and not Dev that was IRA Chief of Staff during the Civil War and the Long Fellow’s influence on military matters was negligible, despite his leadership of the political opposition to the Treaty.

Dev’s crushing of the IRA in the 30s was no flip-flopping either but fully in line with his own venal pragmatism, which has since informed Fianna Fáil. Of course none of this validates Andrew Roberts’ latest specious argument; to suggest that Bush could wipe out Al Qaeda in the same way as Dev weakened the already depleted Ra requires a certain degree of mental febrility. Roberts is in good company however; de Valera stands as Ian Paisley’s favourite Taig for his crushing of their common enemy. I don’t know if the Reverend Ian expects to sup tea with Dev in Paradise though.

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