Letter: The fools of Irish nationalism realise they've been backing the wrong horses all along
A letter from G D Wallace:
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:7)
Unionism has adopted this mantra with Irish nationalism since the country's birth in 1921, and how apt it remains in 2026.
Irish nationalism is in disarray as it watches helplessly as its revolutionary comrades in authoritarian, pro-terrorist states face destruction by the combined forces of Israel and the US, with the old "boogeymen" Brits also assisting.
We've been saying it for over 100 years. Foolish romanticism cannot and will not lead to a united Ireland. One piece of knowledge unbeknownst to many in Northern Ireland is that the Nationalist Party refused to take its seats in Stormont until the 1960s, condemning its electorate to no democratic representation until the civil rights era.
Irish nationalism created the Orange state by default, then allied itself with every hopeless cause in the world no matter how wicked or violent.
What we're seeing in the Middle East today is as much a spiritual battle as it is a geopolitical one, and the fools of Irish nationalism are in hiding as they realise they've been backing the wrong horses all along.
If Sinn Fein, the SDLP and southern nationalists took a moment to open the Book of Proverbs, they might learn something.
GD Wallace, South Londonderry