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Originally Posted by Milesian
How much of a fight can a bunch of criminals and gangsters put up when no longer receiving intelligence, weapons and orders from the British state?
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A desperate situation can call for desperate measures. They could "accept" becoming one with the ROI, but only to turn there backs and work against it from with in. Bombs going off in Dublin City centre with out any regard for lives. (This is just my opinion of what
could happen of course.
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I doubt the vast majority of them would be willing to pit themselves against even dissident Republican orgs, far less the PDF, without some kind of backing from their handlers across the Irish Sea.
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Good point, but most Loyalists wont be to happy too see there precious cocoon collapse so to speak.
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They have never had to "go it alone" so to speak, and only the most hard-line and foolish would attempt to, imo.
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They do exist, so I can see a united Ireland going through trouble with Orange-Paramilitaries.
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Of course, the 26 County State itself is as much a problem as the Loyalists in the six counties anyway....
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Yes indeed.