December 30, 2005
SO HARD TO TELL AN IRISHMAN FROM AN ISLAMICIST:
Irish President Offered Nazis Condolences (SHAWN POGATCHNIK , 12.30.2005, Forbes)
Ireland's president during World War II offered condolences to Nazi Germany's representative in Dublin over the death of Adolf Hitler, newly declassified government records show.Until now, historians had believed that Ireland's prime minister at the time, Eamon de Valera, was the only government leader to convey official condolences to Eduard Hempel, director of the German diplomatic corps in Ireland. De Valera's gesture - unique among leaders of neutral nations in the final weeks of World War II - was criticized worldwide.
Their own Grand Mufti. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 30, 2005 12:25 PM
One of those cases where you see a rat diving down to get on a ship that's already sunk.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 30, 2005 1:17 PMThe enemy of my enemy is a friend -- the Brits remember?
Didn't woodrow Wilson have to lean on them during WW1 to keep them from providing ports to the German navy?
Posted by: jpt at December 30, 2005 2:19 PM
and now the ira is working with al-queda.
Posted by: toe at December 30, 2005 2:53 PMjpt: Ireland was a part of the UK during WWI; the Irish Free State didn't arise until after the war, though the Kaiser did give some aid to the 1916 easter Rebellion.
Posted by: Mike Morley at December 30, 2005 3:04 PM