Arguably the worst advice ever given by an Irish opposition to the Government.
Neutrality is simply a policy of not taking sides in foreign wars. It does not require that a veto be given to others over the deployment of Irish troops.
In this case, slavery is properly thought of as original sin – something that, like baptism in Christianity, adult white progressives must be absolved of.
The Nixon rule, really, has been at the very heart of the Northern Peace Process from the start.