Biden, UK's Truss commit to protect Northern Ireland deal

[Scott]

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland is protected.

Biden and Truss, meeting only days after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, sat down for discussions that also covered Ukraine on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

"We both are committed to protecting the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-us-uk-are-committed-protecting-good-friday-agreement-2022-09-21/

[Chomper Higgot]

It wasn’t Truss who put that on the agenda.

 

She’s been schooled.

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13 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It wasn’t Truss who put that on the agenda.

 

She’s been schooled.

Theresa May redux?

[KanchanaburiGuy]

One of my favorite movie quotes comes from the movie "The Devil's Own," from 1997. Brad Pitt plays an IRA terrorist staying in the home of Harrison Ford, a New York cop.

 

When Ford asks Pitt if he can offer some insight into understanding the difficulties in Northern Ireland, Brad Pitt's character responds.......... "Northern Ireland: The more you know about it, the less you understand." 

[paraphrased]

 

I was in Ireland for the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny, when the Good Friday Agreement was made. I was in Galway when both sides of the border overwhelmingly voted YES! for the historic Cross-border Referendum. It was an emotional time. It was a very hopeful time! And for the most part........ with only a few tragic, noteworthy exceptions....... the Good Friday Agreement has held.

 

I got deep enough into it to fall victim to the "The more you know, the less you understand" part of it. But I understand this.............

 

The Good Friday Agreement didn't give anyone everything they wanted. But it acknowledged the opposing points of view sufficiently  ............to allow almost everyone to accept what it was trying to accomplish; to be willing to accept the bad with the good, and see how the good outweighs the bad!

 

The Good Friday Agreement and the Cross-border Referendum were landmark moments in the tumultuous history of that amazing island.

 

It makes me happy to see today's leaders speaking up in favor of preserving it!

 

 

Edited September 22, 2022 by KanchanaburiGuy