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leveymg

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2. Modern term for Cromwell Solution = "ethnic cleansing" (genocide). What did Obama say about her?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 09:16 AM

Apr 2013

President Obama hails Thatcher as "great champion of freedom."
Source: The Guardian

Barack Obama led tributes from the United States to the former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, whose death on Friday led to an outpouring of remembrances that went well beyond normal courtesies.

Obama described Thatcher as "one of the great champions of freedom and liberty" and a true friend to the US. Former president George HW Bush and the Republican House speaker John Boehner also paid generous tributes.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-dies-tributes-obama

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Thatcher suggested 'Cromwell solution' for Northern Ireland [View all] DonViejo Apr 2013 OP

Perhaps they could re-introduce the potato blight as another way to diminish the "problem". nt bemildred Apr 2013 #1

But the potato blight actually causedmigration and with it R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #5

I'm one of them. nt bemildred Apr 2013 #6

Same here, but I am also a dual citizen. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #7

Similar here. bemildred Apr 2013 #8

Modern term for Cromwell Solution = "ethnic cleansing" (genocide). What did Obama say about her? leveymg Apr 2013 #2

The British Empire was quite fond of such solutions. bemildred Apr 2013 #9

America, of course, embodies the spirit, legacy and methods of such Cromwellian solutions. leveymg Apr 2013 #10

Indeed we do. May I suggest a book? bemildred Apr 2013 #12

The British were at their best when they traded Empire for Beatles. leveymg Apr 2013 #11

The more we learn about Thatcher the more we life long demo Apr 2013 #3

Hey, she is "one of the great champions of freedom and liberty" according to Obama. idwiyo Apr 2013 #4

She spearheaded and signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #13