Quote Originally Posted by Xanith
First off. The US did not fund the IRA. Just as there were sympathizers within the UK for the IRA there were also sympathizers within the US. This doesn’t mean the UK funded terrorism against itself; it means that some in the UK supported the IRA cause. Please in the future refrain from saying the US funded the IRA. Please state correctly that some inside the US supported the IRA cause (just as other individuals in other countries supported the IRA). I can remember that US government shut down supposed “charities” that were linked to the IRA to cut off funding to that terrorist group.
Yet you yourself give no facts to this assumption. The US may not have publicly supported the IRA but they certainly didn't stop the IRA being funded by organisations operating from the US. It is also curious how the Americans label the terrorist war in Ireland as "troubles", I doubt the families of all killed would label it so trivially. Also the Americans had little interest in terrorist activities (including the terrorists in Ireland) until 9/11. Then the US decided that terrorism was a "global" threat....kind of reminds me of WWII but that's another discussion...

Quote Originally Posted by Xanith
Second. Despite your assertion people inside the US do not support or have ever thought that blowing up innocent woman and children is “romantic”. Believe it or not Americans are real human beings who want the same thing as you do, they want their children to be safe and grow up in a peaceful world.
Want their children to be safe?? Yet you have free gun laws! Thus enabling children to get their hands on firearms with great ease. How many schools in the US have had mass shootings from a teenager attending that school with daddy's gun? In short, too many.