John Crawley

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Anything Goes with James English · US Marine Fighting for the IRA - John Crawley Tells His Story · 18 Apr 2026 podcast

You know, sometimes people forget because, you know, I know, you know, uh, you know, British and Eunice and that, you know, the area, just a bunch of terrorists.

There's not a, you know, I could write the script.

I know what people think, but there was, there was such heroism as well, such commitment.

And, uh,

I get, you know, annoyed, you know, at being informed on and things like that.

But, you know, looking around me, the vast majority of people were terrific.

And I could not have spent a lifetime in the movement, spent all the years in prison, got out, went back into active service.

I couldn't have done that unless I was inspired by what I was fighting for and inspired by the people around me.

See, when I talk about lack of training and all, I don't want to come across as, you

or stupid or something.

They weren't.

I mean, if you put me in a space shuttle, I wouldn't know how to fly it.

Does that mean I'm stupid?

It just means I'm not trained.

You know what I mean?

With a better leadership, with a more focused leadership, I believe, and with the caliber of people we had, I believe we could have got to a much stronger negotiating position than we did when it finally did come to negotiations, you know?

I was outside then, yeah.

I was at Bobby Sanders' funeral.

In fact, by pure coincidence, I mean, it's just pure coincidence.

I can actually see myself when the firing party is shooting over his coffin, I can see myself in the crowd there right behind the firing party.

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