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having no military means spending money on more useful (for internal political consumption) things - like roads and education.
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Dave I must dispute this, you are plain wrong here because they dont spend it on those things which you mentioned they spend it on themselves. FACT: Bertie Ahern pays himself more than 3 times what Tony Blair gets. On a geographic basis alone he should only be getting about a sixth or fifth of what Tony gets.
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theres been much talk of the EU battlegroups, Irelands defence minister says that Ireland will participate, but only within the triple lock of UN authorisation, parliamentry approval and governmental approval - that obviously takes the 'rapid' out of 'rapid reaction force' and allows Irelands foriegn policy to be vetoed by Russia, China and whichever other despot happens to be sitting on the UNSC at the time.
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again you hit the nail on the head. I would love to take away this triple lock and our facade of neutrality. FACT: Ireland is not neutral and never has been. WW1 we were allied to Germany (the rebelious folk of 1916), In WW2 we were feeding intel to the Brits, During the cold war the C.I.A. were allowed operate more or less freely. These are a few small examples of how we are in no way neutral and to suggest we are is a total lie (on the part of our Gov).
Anyone else got anythin cheerfull to add to my and Daves rantings
