Article: A Hopeful Saint Patrick's Day

This Saint Patrick's Day is different from Saint Patrick's Days past because it is possible to look at the situation in Northern Ireland with guarded hope.

The killings have not stopped entirely, and murderous groups are still ready to thwart even the possibility of agreement. But the movement toward a settlement is as close to inexorable as it has ever been. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke of the parties being "agonizingly close" to agreement last week, he was not mouthing a political bromide. He was telling the truth.

Much has happened to bring this about, not the least Blair's efforts and also the timely interventions of President Clinton, which have been little ...

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