søndag 10. mai 2009

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is a part of Great Britain together with England and Wales.
We all know that there has been an ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland. Here is an explanation of why the conflict even occurred. It was between the Nationalists (Roman Catholics) and the Unionists (The Protestants). The Nationalists wanted to be a part of Ireland and politically united and they felt like Irishmen. The Unionists, who felt like Brits, wanted to continue being a part of Britain. The conflict is not based on religion but ethnic, resources and historical reasons. It is about power, where religion is used as a sorting key. The two groups of people felt so different, even though they lived at the same area. Even though the conflict ended years ago there are still some disagreements. A couple of months ago IRA splinters bombed and killed two British soldiers. Why a new conflict now?
• The compensation given to both sides in the conflict (I have written about this earlier), all that loss someone. That brought a lot of problems.
• Fight for leadership, the new generation fights to show they can lead.
• Change of government from a coalition to an ordinate one.
• They are basically mad!

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