adam wrote:
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]
] ] Do you think that the British government does nothing about
] ] the IRA because they feel like they can't stop it?
]
] Numerous British Governments have tried very hard and used
] various more or less draconian measures to "win" the war. We
] saw the Anti-terrorism law, Diplock courts and internment.
] Nobody could say that Margaret Thatcher didn't vigorously
] pursue the war especially after the IRA murdered her close
] friend and confidant Airey Neave, a man who escaped from
] Colditz.
] However as to when a British Government last thought it could
] win militarily is a difficult question. We call it the Long
] War and it isn't over yet note the very latest troubles in the
] peace process after the IRA was alledged by senior Northern
] Irish policemen of being deeply involved in one the biggest
] bank robberies in British history.
] But and it is a major but the British Government wasn't in a
] position to cut off the "support network". The IRA was
] largely funded through an organisation called Noraid, funded
] by US citizens and though racketeering in Northern Ireland.
] Also the British Government couldn't invade Eire where the IRA
] had training camps.
] It would be usuful to know more about the support networks for
] Eta the Spanish Basque separatists.
] Having said that I remain unconvinced that the war on
] terrorism can be won militarily.

You make a strong arguement. Is there an example of a non-state terrorist organization that has lost and gone away?

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