"William Black" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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On my Visit to Ireland I came to the understanding from talking to
Irishmen
that the majority of "Irish" would perfer the British left...
The Irish I talked with made it clear there was 1 Ireland and the only
reason there is a notheren is a minority of Irishmen (ulsters??) wish
the

I imagine something similar gets said in Iraq as well.

However Ireland has been occupied and held since 1172 or there abouts the
south release in the 1920's

I guess you will have a valid argument if we are still occupying IRAQ in say
800 years.

jim