That the GFA no an agreement. But a trap
But coming out of the EU was never considered
These comments are far more telling of the UK leaver mentality than you know. The sheer egotism behind them is mind blowing.
Guess what? Not everything in this world revolves around UK interest and priorities.
The GFA is not a 'trap'. It's an internationally recognised agreement, negotiated years before brexit, that's been remarkably successful in maintaining the peace in a very troubled region.
No, leaving the EU wasn't considered when the treaty was negotiated because why the fuck would it have been? The treaty wasn't about the EU. Brexit wasn't on the cards.
As it happens, the fact that both UK and Ireland were in the EU allowed a certain deal to be struck around citizenship and the border that was critical to the treaty's success.
When brexit started to be discussed, the onus was on the leave side to acknowledge that for various reasons, the GFA made the UK leaving the EU more difficult than another country. And long before the referendum, to start finding solutions to this issue or at least to define a brexit that would work within the terms of an already agreed and established international treaty.
What leavers don't seem to realise is that they need to work around the long standing agreements of other countries. Not ignore them, then throw their toys out of the pram because they can't be torn up because the UK wants something different. The world may have worked like that in the 1890s. It doesn't any more.