Dubliner at center of rebellion in Tripoli - ‘It has changed me’

Creakygate.It really is sad,this Anglo-Irish personality of yours.Stuck between Anglo and Irish must be very unsettling.To Paddy to be English and to Tommy to be Irish. Kind of drifting around in suspended hyphenation between to nations philosophies.Your first comment below had an Irish feel to it.You comfortably mixed a drop of intuition,a dollop of bitter past experience,added a smidgen of rationally,in a bowlful of moral high ground.It didn't conflict with your Anglo side.Take your second comment and it's a frivolous mixture of little weight or importance,lacking in seriousness,marked in a bucket of unbecoming levity.A British parliamentarian once said of the British when it comes to Ireland.At the mention of Ireland we British lose all ability to govern and discipline ourselves by the use of reason.The selfish self-interest and power of England might have won the battle many times in the past.But your Anglo side Creaky will never win the war,because you lack the moral high ground when it comes to the history and British affairs in Ireland.

ANT: Yeah, I know. I deliberately left these thoughts out of my comment ~ but now you mention it: I wonder if Pearse and Co had secured a worldwide system of sleeper spies in opposition to the British in Ireland, and on a given signal the 'Irish Spring' would have miraculously materialised! Then the World and its mother could rain a torrent on bombs and rockets on all the Army Barracks and police stations day and night for six months - then he would have had a chance. A few traiterous guns from Germany, cutting edge communication systems of push-bikes and tin cans and string (Yes! Really true!), and the poor devils hadn't a hope. Mercifully, it was all over in a few days, and no harm done. He paid a fair price for his impudence but took a good few good men with him. If he had Muirmaragh An Ghadaffaigh by his side, he'd have put up a better show. No talk of multiple surrenders after a couple of days then!

@Towngate- Then they should do as us Irish did. Draft a proclamation and go to the Libyan GPO, and standing on the steps. Read it aloud to the people and win a country for all the people.

"Its almost an Irish Revolution"- he joked. ~ This cowardly sleeper spy innocently pops home for 'a wedding in Benghazi and the next thing he knows he is head of the 'Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade'!!! In my EYE!! ~ Pull the other one!!! ~ speaking of accents, though, it's amazing how many of the 'rebels' interviewed have notable American accents! ~ Probably for the same reason.!! ~ Anyway, the real fun will start when the 'new' lot (and the old), will start squabbling amongst themselves as to how to stop the those damn yanks and europeans from over-running and stealing their precious country. ~ ~ ~ They have made a good start by already telling the iniquitous so called 'United Nations' to take a hike! Lets hope they have the courage to stand up to all the Foreign Interlopers and demand Libya for Libyans! ~~~ otherwise they too will find themselves being bombed by the cowards day and night for five months until they are battered into submission. WHEN that happens, they will be praying for the return of another National Hero like Omar Mukhtar or Maummar Ghadaffi to free them. Bitter tears will flow and they will curse themselves for falling for the oldest trick in the book: "Divide and Conquer".

@georgyboy-You are being delusional again and displaying your arse to the world. He's in Libya.

nicgearailt--If he was in Afghanistan killing Americans would you be so upbeat about it?

I guess there is a little rebel in all of us...his Irish mother...what is not to like about that..Libya will need likeminded people ,with courage ,to sort that country.He deserves the right to help there,after years of tyrannical rule,and abuse of power.That country should have the best of everything for their citizens..given the abundance of oil...they should never have had to emigrate to Ireland!

Crickets*

Let's hope this jerk stays in Libya. The last thing Ireland needs is more foreign migrants. Looks like his allegience is to Libya, let him stay there. A few years back the Irish media went crazy about three Irishmen who were accused (wrongly, in my view) of participating in the Colombian Civil War. So how come this creep is feted for leaving Ireland to participate in the Libyan Civil War?

He may never return to Ireland. There's a long way to go yet and people like this man are needed in Libya to help rebuild it.