ABSTRACT
The primary objective of the IRA is to achieve the freedom and unity of Ireland by forcing a British withdrawal. It is generally agreed that this is a legitimate aim based on Ireland’s rights as a nation. The controversy centres on how this is to be done. The politicians, Church leaders and so-called ‘moderates’ all advocate unity ‘by consent’. This means by the consent of the people of the Six County area and is a complete denial of the rights of the Irish people as a whole. This is recognised by the ‘moderates’ who admit that one cannot have an exercise in democracy in an undemocratically constituted area. Nevertheless, they are prepared to sacrifice the rights of three quarters of the Irish people in order to appease the other quarter. This is a blatant example of putting expediency before justice. So from the very beginning, the main ‘alternative’ to the policy of the IRA is based on an injustice.1
