For those in Ireland who ferociously oppose things like “an EU army”, then the basic reality is that Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine and EU defence make that kind of thing vastly more likely.
Also called for a “two-state solution” in the Middle East.
Irish politicians have a major problem on this issue, which is this: On this topic, few would argue that they do not represent the voting public.
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“Such has been the systematic infantilisation of Irish popular opinion that this dependency is not a subject for national shame.”
When a media organ is suggesting – vaguely – that some people making some arguments might be Russian agents, then that media organ is not doing the public a service.
Breaking our own fiscal rules; expecting others to subsidise our defence; lecturing the rest of the EU on foreign policy. It’s a bad combination.
There’s a fine line between “brave and principled” and just flat out weird.
A trip down memory lane.
Modern warfare is not about land, but about infrastructure. Ireland houses infrastructure that is vital to both our own interests, and, whether we like it, those of Europe and NATO.
Populists in a position of power has the potential to cause Ukraine significant political difficulty in the years ahead.
Would significantly constrain Government.