I mB\u00e9al an Phobail<\/p>
Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> (Ag breathn\u00fa siar ar alt faoin gcoga\u00edocht san Iar\u00e1ic, alt a scr\u00edobh m\u00e9, ag an am)<\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> C\u00e1r Imigh an Sioc?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \u201cN\u00e1r scanr\u00fa<\/span>il, buartha, cr\u00e1ite, an tseachtain \u00ed?\u201d<\/span><\/p> arsa mo sheanchara, S\u00e9im\u00ed an Droichid, liom, nuair a casadh ar a ch\u00e9ile sinn, agus muid beirt suite ar \u00e1r s\u00e1imh\u00edn s\u00f3, istigh i bhfaiche an Chaisle\u00e1in, an l\u00e1 cheana.<\/span><\/p> \u201cD\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 \u00e9 a r\u00e1, a mhac! ach nach dtarla\u00edonn seachtain d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id orainn, anois is ar\u00eds?\u201d arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in \u00e1 fhreagairt, gan a fhios agam f\u00f3s, c\u00e1 l\u00e9imfeadh cat a chomhr\u00e1, ach m\u00e9 ag iarraidh an d\u00e1 thr\u00e1 a fhreastal, mar ad\u00e9arf\u00e1. <\/span><\/p> \u201cN\u00edl le d\u00e9anamh agat ach breathn\u00fa ar chogadh na Murascaille, at\u00e1 ag gle\u00e1radh leis ina loscadh sl\u00e9ibhe, tr\u00edd an Iar\u00e1ic, i l\u00e1thair na huaire seo.\u201d<\/span><\/p> \u201cAch, a Sh\u00e9im\u00ed, nach bhfuil fhios ag fia is ag fiolair, go mbeidh an cogadh c\u00e9anna sin thart, taobh istigh d\u2019achar an-ghearr anois, n\u00f3 n\u00edl cumhacht ar domhan a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh cur i gcoinne oll-chumhacht na St\u00e1t Aontaithe, i l\u00e1thair na huaire seo.\u201d arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in. <\/span><\/p> Arm scili\u00fail !<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \u201c\u00d3ra fuist! Go bhf\u00e9acha Mac Mhuire anuas ar do chiall, agus nach bre\u00e1 bog a fh\u00e1sann an cl\u00fa<\/span>mh ortsa, bheith ag ceapadh nach mbeadh na hIar\u00e1icigh in ann seasamh i gcoinne chumhacht Mheirice\u00e1. Caithfidh t\u00fa a thuiscint, go bhfuil arm m\u00f3r, scili\u00fail, traen\u00e1ilte, ag an t\u00edr sin, agus n\u00ed h\u00e9 sin amh\u00e1in \u00e9, ach t\u00e1 cleachtadh faighte ag na saighdi\u00fair\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin, ar choga\u00edocht a dh\u00e9anamh sa timpeallacht sin, i dtimpeallacht na gainimhe.\u201d<\/span><\/p> \u201cD\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh an ceart a bheith agat sa mh\u00e9id sin, ach nach raibh s\u00e9 le l\u00e9amh ar chuile nuacht\u00e1n, geall leis, agus le clos ar, idir raidi\u00f3 agus theilif\u00eds, le s\u00e9 mh\u00ed roimhe s<\/span>in, nach mbeadh seans d\u00e1 laghad ag na hIar\u00e1icigh, i gcogadh d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id.\u201d<\/span><\/p> Cosa nite!<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \u201cB\u00ed cinnte de, go bhfuil an ceart agam, ach tagaim leat sa mh\u00e9id go raibh s\u00e9 ina sc\u00e9al i mb\u00e9al gach \u00e9inne, le roinnt m\u00edonna roimh th\u00fas an chogaidh, nach mbeadh ann ach an t-aon bhuille amh\u00e1in, agus go mbuailfeadh an Chomhghualla\u00edocht an buille sin, agus taobh istigh de sheachtain, bheadh an rud ar fad thart. Bheadh an bua ag an gComhghualla\u00edocht, bheadh cosa Saddam Hussein nite, agus bhun\u00f3fa\u00ed daonlathas san Iar\u00e1ic, agus bheadh chuile dhuine bu\u00edoch den gComhghualla\u00edocht ch\u00e9anna sin! Sea, mh\u2019anam, b\u2019in an <\/span>sc\u00e9al a bh\u00ed i mb\u00e9al gach \u00e9inne, gan aon ag\u00f3. Is soil\u00e9ir anois, gur leath na Me\u00e1in an finsc\u00e9al sin imeasc an phobail, n\u00f3 n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 an Nollaig i l\u00e1r an tSamhraidh acusan \u00e9, sc\u00e9al <\/span>d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id a leathadh, agus ag an am gc\u00e9anna, d\u2019fh\u00e9adfaid\u00eds cur s\u00edos a dh\u00e9anamh ar na hairm dhra\u00edochta a bh\u00ed forbartha ag na Meirice\u00e1naigh, airm a bh\u00ed chomh cliste sin, go bhf\u00e9adfaid\u00eds dhul isteach i seomra, agus fear a th\u00f3g\u00e1il, agus fear eile a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il! Conas a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh slua Arabach seasamh i gcoinne f\u00f3rsa d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id?\u201d<\/span><\/p> Arm nua-a<\/span>oiseach<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \u201cAch nach raibh an ceart ag na me\u00e1in ch\u00e9anna sin, nuair a chuir siad s\u00edos ar arm agus ar airm Mheirice\u00e1, ach go h\u00e1irithe, agus chomh nua-aoiseach is at\u00e1 siad, agus gan ag na hIar\u00e1icigh ach airm athl\u00e1imhe, d\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, airm nach seasfadh i bhfad i gcoinne na bPunc\u00e1n.\u201d<\/span><\/p> \u201cIs d\u00f3cha go raibh cuid\u00edn eic\u00ednt den cheart acu, sa mh\u00e9id go bhfuil airm d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id ag an gComhghualla\u00edocht, ach t\u00e1 dearmad beag amh\u00e1in \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh anseo, ag lucht na me\u00e1n, ach go h\u00e1irithe. S\u00e9 sin, nach bhfuil na hairm smeart\u00e1ilte sin uilig in-\u00fas\u00e1idthe i gc\u00f3na\u00ed, i ngr\u00e1scar l\u00e1mh, ar shr\u00e1ideanna na gcathracha m\u00f3ra.\u201d<\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> N\u00ed mar a sh\u00edltear a bh\u00edtear!<\/span><\/strong><\/p> B\u2019in mar a chuaigh an comhr\u00e1 idir m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in is mo Sh\u00e9im\u00ed bre\u00e1, ag an am \u00e1irithe sin, s\u00e1rar thosaigh an pleancadh, agus an buaileadh, ar thalamh beannaihe na t\u00edre sin, ach, ag breathn\u00fa siar anois, go fuarch\u00faiseach, i ndiaidh an ghr\u00e1scair uilig, feictear d\u00fainn c\u00e1r luigh an fh\u00edrinne, agus c\u00e1 raibh <\/em><\/span>an fhinsc\u00e9ala\u00edocht. N\u00edl dabht ar domhan, ach gur \u00e9irigh leis an gComhghualla\u00edocht bua a fh\u00e1il ar arm na hIar\u00e1ice, ach ar f\u00e1iltiodh rompu, i ndeireadh na feide? N\u00f3 ar \u00e9irigh leo s\u00edoch\u00e1in agus daonlathas a leathadh i measc mhuintir na t\u00edre sin? Gan dabht ar domhan, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leo cos i bpoll a chur le Saddam agus a r\u00e9imeas, ach n\u00ed fh\u00e9adfadh duine ar bith a mhao\u00edmh, go bhfuil smacht \u00e9ifeachtach acu ar phobail na t\u00edre sin. C\u00e9ard t\u00e1 i nd\u00e1n dArm na Comhghualla\u00edochta san Iar\u00e1ic, ma sea? D\u00e1 luaithe a \u00e9ir\u00edonn leo sle<\/em><\/span>amhn\u00fa, i ngan fhios, amach thar chr\u00edocha na t\u00edre sin, is ea is fearr don Chomhghualla\u00edocht ch\u00e9anna sin, agus don Iar\u00e1ic fh\u00e9in freisin, is d\u00f3cha. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mB\u00e9al an Phobail Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . (Ag breathn\u00fa siar ar alt faoin gcoga\u00edocht san Iar\u00e1ic, alt a scr\u00edobh m\u00e9, ag an am) . C\u00e1r Imigh an Sioc? \u201cN\u00e1r scanr\u00fail, buartha, cr\u00e1ite, an tseachtain \u00ed?\u201d arsa mo sheanchara, S\u00e9im\u00ed an Droichid, liom, nuair a casadh ar a ch\u00e9ile sinn, agus muid beirt suite ar \u00e1r […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12524,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12523\/revisions\/12524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}