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Re:U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afgha... by smcl on Friday September 20, 2019 @04:43AM (#21024484)
The negotiations and the deal were extremely dumb in many ways (as is Brexit overall), but this is a really weird take on it. It does make sense that Britain would try to use the fact that Ireland has a substantial amount of trade with the UK and it is not inconceivable that Ireland might therefore in its own self-interest want some sort of deal.
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Re:U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afgha... by jacobush on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:31AM (#21025928)
Weird or not, that's the take in many places, Ireland and Afghanistan alike. A modest proposal, eh?
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Re:U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afgha... by smcl on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:51AM (#21027316)
You're mistaken if you think that even the more recent atrocities like the great famine or the violent oppression of the Irish home rule (and ultimately independence) movement have informed the Irish response to Brexit negotiations. It is to their credit that they're pragmatic people, since they could easily dish out a black-eye to the UK if they wanted to.
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Re:U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afgha... by jacobush on Friday September 20, 2019 @04:22PM (#21030861)
If Éire had a few UK sponsored drone bombings I’d bet that would change real quick. Otherwise I take your point.
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