Sinn Fein, Ireland’s main opposition party, announced Friday that it will boycott this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House in protest of US President Donald Trump’s position on the Israel-Gaza conflict, Anadolu news agency reported.
I thought it was more of a wink and a nod back then as the Stickies and Provos were still divying up members. I didn’t live during the troubles so I can’t really say with any authority tho. I’ll definitely do more reading on it, thanks for the context.
Definitely include the term “patriot games” in any web search to hone in on the right results.
Oh yeah, that was such a fucked up operation. I’m surprised the Secret Service weren’t completely reformed over that. The president almost died!
JFC I didn’t even get the joke the first time around. H. Ford is too close to G. Ford for my poor addled brain.