@LNBDublin exposed when virtue signalling in plain sight. Giving out about not being able to speak in Irish and when told she could, she resorted to English. Far too obvious why. @sinnfeinireland the instinct to find fault is deeply ingrained but hypocrisy is a bad look
@finburke1@noriordan Russia faced unprecedented international sanctions and isolation by the EU, US and UK and was excluded from the financial system. There’s nothing remotely comparable to that with Israel. Clearly this is why FIFA and UEFA have treated the situations differently.
For younger readers, Gerry Adams isn’t just some random retired politician. He spent decades denying he was in the IRA while everyone around him insisted he was one of its most senior figures.
So seeing him warn about political extremists exploiting young people and leading them into violence is, to put it mildly, a remarkable display of hypocrisy.
@EO_Halloran Others with direct historical memory of invasion, occupation and the practical realities of deterrence approach foreign policy with a greater awareness of the trade-offs and responsibilities involved in actually defending a state and its values. We just moralise and jab.
@EO_Halloran Disagree wholeheartedly. We default to moral absolutism in foreign policy precisely because we have limited hard power or geopolitical leverage. Much easier to take uncompromising moral positions when your defence and security architecture ultimately sits with someone else.