Sabina Higgins Letter to Irish Times calling for ceasefire on Ukraine

I’d say MDH is savvy enough to know that he holds a few aces here… neither he or the wife are of the ability to be doorstepped for comment outside the Aras… like another politician outside their home, Dáil Éireann or a restaurant….

she’s VERY prevalent on the Aras ( President of Ireland ) YouTube …..

Good stuff by MDH, he probably had to make the obvious statesman about the war to calm the hysterical fools screeching in the ether but good he didn't undermine the perfectly valid letter by Sabina.

Laughable listening to FF and FG opportunist politicians railing against SH when their parties have enabled and facilitated the US war machine for decades through Shannon, the stench of hypocrisy is nauseating.

That old chestnut.

Zelensky did not ban opposition. He banned pro-Russian political parties. In modern-day Ukraine, that's practically like criminalising Al Qaeda membership, considering Russia is acting like a terrorist state.

This situation got worse in the run up to the official war

Don't you mean special military operation?

Fully agree and feel the same way as regards 1st paragraph. I would be on the left as well, a Labour voter over the years.

Impossible to know what proportion of it is useful idiocy, and how much is a result of being compromised in some way. I think this balance there is clearer on the far right side of things, with some of the evidence of Russian funding and links etc. in several countries. The result is the same anyway.

You're right that Putin/Russia-friendly bit of the left are often f-cking noisy, out of all proportion to amount of public support that exists for their views. I hope people see and remember what they've been at + what portions of the nationalist right in many Western countries have been at. Quisling-like behaviour (ironically for these right wing self declared "patriots") + apologists and propagandists for evil basicallly. These stances should be taken into account when ticking/numbering any boxes on future ballot papers.

The US is the most powerful economic and military power on the planet though it is in relative decline. They intervene to protect their own interests and destroy anything that stands in it's way. They massacred hundreds of thousands in Iraq in an illegal war, they are currently part financing the appalling human catastrophe in Yemen...one could go on! Ask Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador etc about having a neighbour that intimidates and attacks you!!! Defending democracy indeed.

Sabina Higgins pointed out the reality, conflicts either end with a victor which won't happen in Ukraine or a stalemate which will happen there...it's a reality that most sensible people share and when Zelensky is forced to the negotiation table by the US and the EU etc...it will be evident for all to see even those like you who are either blind, dishonest or both!

Zelensky will do as he's told by the US etc....

That's not the question.

Are you being blind or dishonest or both?

I'll ask it again, Ukraine Nationalism and Anti Russian Rage is at peak levels in Ukraine.

What makes you so sure Zelensky has the authority to give away large swathes of Ukraine?

If you answer without some remedial soundbite you garnered off Facebook I'd appreciate it.

LoL.

I expect the President will say : the letter was a private opinion expressed by his wife, as is her right as a citizen in a Liberal democracy . It should not have been published on the official website, therefore the minor functionary with responsibility for the website will be publicly humiliated and shot at dawn. Despite the likely scenario that he/she dare NOT publish the letter from The First Lady. As if that 'minor functionary' has any real choice in what gets published.

(fgs! I've edited the above paragraph 3 times to try to make it clear that I don't think the web admin REALLY gets to say what goes out, reminder to self - KISS)

All will then be forgiven, with the minor functionary subsequently reanimated and "as you were, lads".

Minor functionary is the term I use, not to denigrate anyone's position, but rather to show their place in the pecking order when the anti-shite shields are being handed out.

As we all know, shite falls downwards.

Edit to add (perhaps unnecessarily) I use the title First Lady in a tongue in cheek, rather than mocking way.

That does not look one bit good in fact I'd be taking a deep reflection in the mirror and wondering 'Is this really the opinion that I want to be remembered for by my descendants?'