HitsRus;1857806 wrote:Not even close. This is more like a civil war where terrorism is being waged against a foreign power occupying their homeland. The attacks are not against, France, Belgium, Germany, the United States... and have the limited purpose of removing the perceived occupier from their homeland and uniting all of Ireland. the IRA was not trying to recruit or radicalize the world's catholics to take up arms against and murder protestants worldwide. The comparison/analogy here is poor. The only similarities are that religion and terrorism are involved.
Something cannot be both a "civil war" and a war "against a foreign power," unless the foreign power is a third-party participant who has simply taken a side. It can be one or the other.
Beyond that, the global presence of American military is used as grounds for would-be terrorists to take up arms, as Americans are often seen as the oppressive occupier. And what religious affiliation is the United States connected to?
Worth noting, I think that part is irrelevant anyway, as the article never expresses the nationality of the terrorists. They could have been Filipino or not.
And the IRA was willing to recruit anyone if it served their purpose. Regardless of the goal, they believed their acts of terrorism to be harmonious with their faith.
The similarities are more than religion and terrorism being involved. A religiously and ethnically homogeneous group put into motion events that killed not only their intended targets, but those we'd deem innocent as well.
Yes, the geography was different, and the religions themselves were different. As I said, it's not a complete 1:1 comparison, but the differences don't address the point: Just as the majority of Catholics and Irishmen around the world were not involved with the IRA or its militant actions, so the majority of Muslims and "dark-skinned people" around the world are not involved with ISIS/Al-Qaeda or their militant actions.
majorspark;1857807 wrote:It is very far off on multiple levels. It was a conflict in which the terrorist acts occurred on two islands in Europe in very close proximity to each other. The objectives of the IRA were to liberate "in there minds" a small section of on of those islands. They did not project their attacks on civilians world wide. We did not have IRA attacks on the civilian population in the USA or in other continents nor in mainland Europe and not in all in the scope that is currently occurring by today's Islamic jihadists.
Though there were religious divisions in the conflict it was not based on it. Terrorist tactics were employed that is the only comparison. They were also not suicidal in nature either. I agree with Hits this is a localized civil manifestation of terrorism.
The meme would be like posting a picture of the Oklahoma City bombing and claiming a comparison.
The Oklahoma City bombing was by an individual with no ties to a religiously and ethnically homogeneous group. You'll have to come up with a better example for that to be accurate.
Regarding the rest, see my reply above.
