Should Ireland hire mercenaries to reclaim Northern Ireland from the British?

robinph

There is no need to hire any mercenaries. The UK would happily be shot of NI for ever and would probably pay handsomely to someone else to take the headache off their hands.

Capt'n Midnight

So em, what are we going to do when 500,000 armed mercenaries arrive here and then demand asylum ?

Pauleta

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

So em, what are we going to do when 500,000 armed mercenaries arrive here and then demand asylum ?

Hire 500,000 spitting cobra's to destroy them.

partyatmygaff

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

So em, what are we going to do when 500,000 armed mercenaries arrive here and then demand asylum ?

Dey turk our jerbs, we shouldn't hand out dole to fordiners e.t.c.

strobe

gonedrinking wrote: »

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

whiteonion wrote: »

Are you serious?

Lol. Whiteonion thinks you are crazy. That takes some fukking doing man. Nothing but plaudits here. That's top notch.

deise go deo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Do these mercenaries come with their own airforce and navy?

I wonder how long it would take the Royal navy and Royal Air Force to flatten Dublin, Cork and the Curragh?

This may not be a well conceived plan op.

I wonder how long it would take all the Irish in London to storm Westminster?

goat2

gonedrinking wrote: »

Gaddafi got me thinking, if mercenaries are good enough for him then surely they are good enough for us too. I'm sure the rates charged by African mercenaries is very reasonable. So instead of ploughing 30 billion into the banks shouldn't we instead use that money to hire 500,000 African soldiers to beat up the British? Thoughts?

are you on the booze, we cannot afford the upkeep of the little space we have, dont bother trying to add any more

Mayo Exile

El Siglo wrote: »

Mercenaries you say? Well I know just the people...

Nope. Only 4 or 5 in the A-Team i think? These would be better. Limitless numbers...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zs5H6jUkYE

Fizman

What would we pay these mercenaries with? Potatoes? Cos we sure as hell have no cash.

Maybe carrots and parsnip. Cos you know, they are nice when done together.

K-9

Didn't the IRA already try this in the late 80's and 90's?

Oranage2

Sh!t idea - I reckon we get our troops and invade an Oil rich country - Surely the might of the Irish Army is good enough to take down Hugo Chavez' Venisuala!

revz

Ya see what we do is, invade northern ireland and take it over (for purposes of freedom).
Then we make deals with the scots and welsh to help us in our cause, but keeping it really secret, as the english think they're on their side. Then when the british force come over and look to attack the force that has invaded NI, the scots & welsh (who we are in cahoots with) will turn around and begin to attack the english, aiding us in our cause.
For this well thought out plan to work, we'll need a good leader...I nominate a Mr. Wallace; recently elected in wexford....there's something about him that makes me think he could do this job. & there you have it. Freeeeedom!

Adrian009

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

As far as I can recall the last time we used mercenaries we won back a lot of ground from the normans.

Yeah but the Normans didn't go home. Burke, FitzGerald, Butler, anyone?

firstprime

Oh shi.....Everybody stand back, OP's brain is about to collapse under the sheer weight of his immense intelect!

...Seriously though, this could work. We can buy 1.5 million african mercenaries, have them walk thousands of miles and across oceans, and then have them take on the entire british military with thier bare hands. If we get a party into power that agrees with us we might even be able to buy enough money arm them with slingshots and rusty bycicles.

Gneez

Give me 80 stout seamen, 30 gallons of rum, 500 fathoms of rope, 15 German 81mm mortars and some lube and I'll do it.

Adrian009

revz wrote: »

Ya see what we do is, invade northern ireland and take it over (for purposes of freedom).
Then we make deals with the scots and welsh to help us in our cause, but keeping it really secret, as the english think they're on their side. Then when the british force come over and look to attack the force that has invaded NI, the scots & welsh (who we are in cahoots with) will turn around and begin to attack the english, aiding us in our cause.
For this well thought out plan to work, we'll need a good leader...I nominate a Mr. Wallace; recently elected in wexford....there's something about him that makes me think he could do this job. & there you have it. Freeeeedom!

Er, okay.

But what, might I ask, would be the point of all this?

audidiesel

i think we should learn from michael crichton and stephen spielberg. we clone dionosaurs using insect dna. then we make dozens of t-rexs etc.

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/m/movies_jurassic_park-10820.jpg

unleash them on the british armed forces and then eventually the rest of the world. in ten years time the conquest will be complete and the first irish empire will rule the world.



sorry was just thinking how far could we take this idea.

Nothingbetter2d

audidiesel wrote: »

i think we should learn from michael crichton and stephen spielberg. we clone dionosaurs using insect dna. then we make dozens of t-rexs etc.

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/m/movies_jurassic_park-10820.jpg

unleash them on the british armed forces and then eventually the rest of the world. in ten years time the conquest will be complete and the first irish empire will rule the world.



sorry was just thinking how far could we take this idea.

one fatal flaw in that plan

how on earth would we manage a herd of t'rex's? we cant even manage a bank let alone a hungry t-rex

audidiesel

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

one fatal flaw in that plan

how on earth would we manage a herd of t'rex's? we cant even manage a bank let alone a hungry t-rex

im working on the exact details at the moment. my current working theory is that we addict them to guinness. since we control the worldwide supply its a foolproof control system.

there may be some flaws in this theory but if we all put some effort into it, im sure the irish empire can be established and riches shall flow

gsxr1

We could use the Irish army against the Paras.

I wonder who would win LOL.

Jasus. It would backfire and ye would all be singing God Save the Queen by tea time.

enda1

What's all this "reclaim" nonsense? It was never ours!
In fact the only reclamation would be the UK reclaiming us.

Fratton Fred

deise go deo wrote: »

I wonder how long it would take all the Irish in London to storm Westminster?

there's 8m people in London. If war broke out I'd say the Irish population would probably keep their heads down.

revz

Adrian009 wrote: »

Er, okay.

But what, might I ask, would be the point of all this?

It just seems like a good plan.
And it's certainly not like the plot to any movie you've ever seen

enda1

Also don't forget that if Ireland attacked the UK, all of NATO would be legally required to attack us. What a cluster fuck that would be.

Sykk

Britain army > African army.. Duh.

Fizman

Sykk wrote: »

Britain army > African army.. Duh.

Racist.

seanmc1980

great idea! but what do we do with the africians when we win. we're going to have 2000 of them claiming asylam!!! taxi drivers and shinner supporters won't like that, "they'll steal al aou jobbbbbbs"

gonedrinking

enda1 wrote: »

What's all this "reclaim" nonsense? It was never ours!

Son are you on drugs? Dear oh dear, kids these days.

enda1

gonedrinking wrote: »

Son are you on drugs? Dear oh dear, kids these days.

Nice argument. You have really changed my opinion with your thoughtful and factually based reply.

gonedrinking

enda1 wrote: »

Nice argument. You have really changed my opinion with your thoughtful and factually based reply.

you should be grateful I even responded to such a post in the first place

enda1

gonedrinking wrote: »

you should be grateful I even responded to such a post in the first place

Any chance you're going to counter what I said? Or will you continue in this antagonistic manner?

seanmc1980

enda1 wrote: »

Any chance you're going to counter what I said? Or will you continue in this antagonistic manner?

of course he won't as most "republician" who want "our land" back don't really know the history of the lands they are talking about.

L.Jenkins

As much as I'd like to see Ireland regain the other 6 counties, we can hardly afford the 26 we do have at the moment.

Jamiekelly

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Send in the FCA

The Free clothes association?

Mike 1972

Sykk wrote: »

Britain army > African army.. Duh.

"Africa" has an army ?

UsernameInUse

We don't have to hire mercenaries - we elected them last weekend.

token101

Mike 1972 wrote: »

"Africa" has an army ?

They do indeed, the African Union, and their record in regional conflicts is superb. Darfur and Somalia, two well known bastions of stability. I can see the news being a bit more interesting at least.

Ditch

mattjack wrote: »

forget the mercenaries..could we not just give the North the Green party and maybe Louth and Leitrim...?

Oy! The North's more than welcome to the greenies. But, why bring Leitrim into this? Leave us alone. To our thoughts of nice tractors and fantasy's of dental care :rolleyes:

tallaghtmick

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why would we want northern Ireland back now. It's a bit of a kip and costs a fortune.

and soon to be full of mercs:pac:

KeithAFC

This thread :rolleyes: