Airstrip One

Criticism

In the antiwar club there is some so-so criticism of my column on the British Peace Movement. If it seems like its missing the point, it may well be, as the writer is an inactive American supporter of the IRA and so has an obvious difference with my views on Ireland, something he rather dwells on (not exactly the centrepiece of this column). The only telling point is when he comments on the fact that the British want the Americans out of Ireland, yet we were desperate for them to join in the Second World War, where they had no real interest.