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McGuinness said the British government incorrectly viewed the struggles in Northern Ireland from a military, rather than political, perspective...
...There was a military mindset at work," McGuinness said. "[They thought that] the way to defeat resistance in Ireland was with force...that they tried to do and in that they failed...
McGuinness said he believes that discussion and compromise will produce peace in Northern Ireland...
...then proceeded to heap blame on the British government for treating the Nationalists and Catholics in Northern Ireland as "second class citizens...
Attempting to elicit an emotional response from his audience, McGuinness repeatedly compared the situation in Ireland to South Africa's apartheid government...