Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-24828675-20150123115228

Spartian300 wrote: But of course, Irish-Americans would be pissed off, maybe enough to get the USA to go to war with Britain over Ireland. That's not even stupid, that's just plain dumb. Of course they wouldn't. You are overestimating Irish-American nationalism

The Irish could stop the supply line for maybe a week or something, and then they would be destroyed. While yes, if a strong country was located on Ireland, it would be of importance, Ireland itself is useless.