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On the Scene: When There Is No Peace

by Kevin Myers

When There Is No Peace

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THE television camera caught the moment perefectly: Gerry Adams looking trifle stunned as he Iistened to President Clinton address the huge crowd in Belfast, apparently realizing that the force of history were closing inexorable not merely on him but also on the entire Sinn Fine/RA tradition. That tradition is an armed tradtion yet here was the President of the United States addressing the people of Belfast, not merely endorsing the peace process but apparently throwing the weight of his Administration toward a real, disarmed conclusion,

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