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Eleanor's avatar

"No more Shannon airport pitstops and no more ambassadors or embassies that engage in war mongering/lobbying here..." the problem is that our present neutrality is a joke; if neutral, when two countries are at war, we would need to open our door to people fleeing from both sides...brilliant article and I would love to see "neutral" inserted in Article 5...

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Stephen J. Delaney's avatar

Neutrality doesn’t mean open borders. Mutually distinct principles.

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Eleanor's avatar

Absolutely 💯 agree... I was only trying make the point that we are not neutral if we consider people fleeing from only one side of a conflict

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Stephen J. Delaney's avatar

I hear ya. The days of people fleeing war to come to Ireland are numbered

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Eleanor's avatar

I do hope so... I would love to see the end to wars and a return to negotiations... Athens sending philosophers to Rome in 155 BC to plead their case, with Diogenes the Stoic being successful

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Stephen J. Delaney's avatar

Diplomacy and the removal of central planning from the globe

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Eleanor's avatar

Agree 100%...

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Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

Superb article. Thanks.

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Giles Brennand's avatar

Need to leave the EU first. And urgently.

Before the Traitors turn over completely to Brussels all authority over:

- Irish Military assets

- Irish foreign policy, and

- Immigration.

Once that betrayal is complete, control will never, ever come back to the will of the Irish people. Short of a revolution. Euro-politicians will never give it back without violence.

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Michael McCarthy Ireland's avatar

But you still don't fully understand what is a nation or how to preserve, strengthen and defend it for the sake of all nations of the world. Why don't you study biological Leninism and Fabian socialism. Connolly did. Let's meet up for a friendly debate. Shalom from Munster 🕊️💚☘️🙏

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