The Panthers of Identity Politics
The recent attacks by dissident republicans in Northern Ireland were an anarchic spasm of violence by a tiny minority. In a way, they underscore the importance of what has been achieved since the Belfast Peace Agreement in 1998.
LONDON – I was in Jordan, that beautiful oasis of calm and moderation in a difficult and dangerous neighborhood, when I first heard the news about the murder of two British soldiers and a Catholic policeman by dissident republican terrorists in Northern Ireland.