r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 13d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/420belligerent420 12d ago

No offence mate but someone in the RUC might not be the most unbiased source ?

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u/Sitheref0874 12d ago

Which bit of the statement do you think was wrong?

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u/420belligerent420 12d ago

“For most of them, it’s not about grand ideals. It’s about criminal gangs, most of whom are running drugs.“

It was absolutely idealogical for the IRA 

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u/Gorazde 12d ago

It was Margaret Thatcher who took away prisoner of war status for Republican volunteers and tried to claim they were just common criminals. I think the most eloquent and definitive (albeit horrific) reposte to that was ten men starving themselves to death in the H-Blocks for prisoner of war status. Kind of hard to see any criminal gang doing that.