I hate to see countries fighting one another but is especially heartbreaking to see brother vs. brother! The troubles were one of the reasons I started to doubt my Christian faith. When Christian fought Christian it made no sense to see how God was so weak.
Probably is a mixture between the following: 1. 25th anniversary of the GFA 2. In the last NI elections in May 2022, Sinn Féin was the most voted political party, being the first republican party to have most votes in a general election. 3. Since then, the unionist party, DUP, has been blocking the formation of the government. 4. Brexit is having terrible consequences in the UK, and the republicans were against leaving the EU. All of these give the perfect combination for things escalating.
