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Gerry Adams (speaking of terrorism) is not exactly generous in his remarks, though I suppose no one expected him to be:
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Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as British prime minister. Working class communities were devastated in Britain because of her policies. Her role in international affairs was equally belligerent whether in support of the Chilean dictator Pinochet, her opposition to sanctions against Apartheid South Africa; and her support for the Khmer Rouge.
Here in Ireland her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering. Her failed efforts to criminalise the republican struggle and the political prisoners is part of her legacy. It should be noted that in complete contradiction of her public posturing, she authorised a back channel of communications with the Sinn Fein leadership but failed to act on the logic of this. Unfortunately she was faced with weak Irish governments who failed to oppose her securocrat agenda or to enlist international support in defence of citizens in the north.
Margaret Thatcher will be especially remembered for her shameful role during the epic hunger strikes of 1980 and '81. Her Irish policy failed miserably.
Reagan and Thatcher are both dead. Now we have to destroy their policies that are ruining both nations. We need to return to investment and manufacturing as our basic economies and remove the speculators and financiers from leading this country into a disaster. We cannot support a FIRE economy any more.
She called the ANC and Nelson Mandela 'terrorists".
She was still a remarkable lady, regardless of what you didn't like about her, and she opened the door for women in the free world to become leaders...Think what you want, my sympathy goes out to her family.
In hell, they are walking together. Sorry, you're not going to turn this into some BS love fest, just because she croaked.
and it is too bad some have to turn into in to a Hate thread. Someone is dead, that someone, like it or not was a popular and powerful world leader and death is always something that people are sorry to see happen, not something people who didn't like that person want to celebrate and cheer, which it appears a few here would love to do.
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