I want to see the same effort at disarming the Protestant terrorist groups as the IRA. I condemn both sides.

I heard someone discussing the "professional terrorist" a couple weeks ago. He said, "Imagine a young man, perhaps 22 years old. He's never held a job, never had much of an education, but at night he's a Colonel with the IRA. His whole identity and lifestyle comes from the IRA, so getting him to turn away from that will be difficult. What alternatives are there for him in civilian life?"

I've always been disgusted by groups like the IRA and UDL. They're two sides of the same murderous coin as far as I'm concerned. I've also been disgusted by American groups that support the IRA. I wonder how those supporters feel about supporting terrorism after Sept 11th. That's what I was referring to in my earlier post about a possible motivation for the IRA's announcement. They may've realized that their support from America would likely be a lot less than they were used to, at least I hope that's the case. It would be the height of hypocrisy for Americans to condemn terrorist attacks against ourselves while supporting terrorist groups ourselves.