Joined the British Army = Abandoned any "Irishness".
The same is true of joining the Yanks, la Légion Étrangère, etc
Ireland is a neutral country, Irish citizens abandoning that policy without consent of the Dáil are not to be pitied.
No, it wouldn't. Displaced and dead, perhaps.Actually 100 million would be way too conservative a figure for deaths attributed to the Brits worldwide, the real figure would be far higher.
The single largest death figure attributed to the British Empire is approx 40 million, due to famine/disease in India.
Economic Left/Right: -2.12 | Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21
No, no, no; where would the fun be in that. Wee Loius might get hurt. Much safer to stay at home and indulge in masturbatory fantasies about 'our boys'. Cowardly cheerleaders of violence, without the guts to practise what they preach, make me sick; no matter who they support.
Ok, both of you are out of line.
Economic Left/Right: -2.12 | Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21
What possible purpose is served by posts like the OP? Unless he is in effect trolling - hoping to attract negative responses that he can in turn react to.
Sadly people die every day, in hospitals, on our roads, on farms and at sea.
Unless "Supermanpolitician" has the time and energy to post about them all, why post on the death of this Irishman who died in Afghanistan?
Because he was Irish?
Because he was in the British army?
Or, because he was both?