There is no way that a small guerrilla army can defeat the combined might of the RUC, RIR and British Army. The last 27 years are living proof. Republicans see the working class only as victims of the system and not as people with the potential power to overthrow it. The bravery or diplomacy of the few becomes a substitute for mass action. The IRA campaign and the manoeuvres of a few politicians become central.
Some republicans seem to be genuinely surprised that the 'peace process' collapsed.
Yet we are expected to line up with our bosses and rulers in Orange and Green blocs. Working class people are drawn into alliances with bosses who won't even pay a living wage, with clerics who preach superiority and bigotry. Taking up issues that effect us because we are working class does not mean that we can ignore partition, sectarianism and occupation by the British Army. But why should we fight for a united capitalist Ireland, either as a 'step in the right direction' or as an end in itself. Joining the six to the twenty six counties offers nothing to working class people in either state.