@YouSayYesISayNo
But that was my entire point. Ukraine also gained independence from another country, and some in Ukraine would feel that they didn't get all of it, and some is still occupied, and now the invader is trying to get it all again.
I'm Irish and I'm well aware that there are a significant number of people from the UK who seem to think Ireland should have followed the UK out of the EU, who think that we are pretty much part of the "British Isles", who don't realise we don't take Sterling in our shops etc.
It's no joke, when people from one country feel they own bits of another. However, my post pointed out that it would obviously be completely wrong for the UK to "take back" Ireland, and similarly it's it's completely wrong for Russia to "take back" Ukraine.
I'm genuinely baffled that anyone would think I was saying it'd be a fair enough thing to do. I'm being accused of insensitivity, ignorance and minimising by one or two posters who completely misread what I said and decided to attack me for what they thought I said.
It's pretty insulting, tbh.
Hi
I was one who was gobsmacked at your post.
I'm also Irish, living in the UK for 30 odd years.
The bit that led me to believe you couldn't have a clue when taking about Ireland was this:
"After all, they [Ireland] have no intention of illegally annexing NI."
The very idea that Ireland could be accused of "illegally annexing" NI is ludicrous.
When it was literally robbed in the first place.
And to the poster who said "it was agreed by both sides". Ostensibly perhaps, but under extraordinary duress.
Post-Brexit I honestly believe we will see a united Ireland in my lifetime.
But it won't be because Irish citizens want it. Most Irish people from the Republic couldn't care less.
It will be because the citizens of NI will see it's economically in their best interest.