I've been clear in this and other threads that I won't condone all of what the IRA has done. But are you really so naive to believe that the changes that have taken place in Northern Ireland would have happened without the armed struggle? Nationalist tried the peaceful civil rights protest way and got the dog snot beaten out them for their trouble. As to support, they did have it, the bogside, South Armagh and parts of west Belfast were virtually off limits to the security forces for extended periods of time.
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