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...would like to echo Elliott's sentiments by adding the developments in Northern Ireland to the list of Blair's achievements. The peace process needed a British leader who could push for reform without looking over his shoulder to see how many seats made up his minority government. Blair may be seen as an "unpopular failure" in his country for his participation in the war in Iraq, but I want to thank him for putting Northern Ireland at the top of his agenda. I have always felt that he didn't do so to earn political capital but that...
...cross burnings, and the minister of one of the girls who was in the case got up and berated her family from the pulpit. At the same time, I have a very eloquent interview with an engineer at DuPont who fought for the prayer. I've been to Northern Ireland, and it was a little like that: people on both sides who would not back down despite their similarities...
...would like to echo Elliott's sentiments by adding the developments in Northern Ireland to the list of Blair's achievements. The peace process needed a British leader who could push for reform without looking over his shoulder to see how many seats made up his minority government. Blair may be seen as an "unpopular failure" in his country for his participation in the war in Iraq, but I want to thank him for putting Northern Ireland at the top of his agenda. I have always felt that he didn't do so to earn political capital but that...
...even an end to the use of Shannon airport by the U.S. military could be up for grabs. Nationalism may also be a central issue for the first time in decades. Most parties in the Irish Republic have a historical aspiration for the reunification of their country with Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein, which in this election drew attention not as a radical fringe party linked to the IRA but a political force that might emerge holding the balance of power, will try to use its handful of seats to turn that aspiration into something tangible...
...March Sinn Fein became part of the new Northern Ireland government. The party has also cleverly expanded in the southern part of Ireland by mining latent or marginalized voters - young people, urban poor, environmentalists, and anti-war campaigners. If they can become the first party to be in both of Ireland's governments, they'll be in a position to harmonize policies and blur the border between the two parts of the island. They'll also demand that Ahern deliver a policy paper on making Irish unity a practical reality...