IRA open engagement challenge

>"Come out ye Black and Tans, come out and fight me like a man" >Proceed to lose every open engagement with the British state forces that wasn't an ambush What did the IRA mean by this?

The meme shows masked IRA members posing in front of the Irish tricolour with text joking about challenging the Black and Tans to fight openly, then losing every non-ambush engagement with British forces. The punchline is sarcastic: the boastful challenge is contrasted with the IRA’s reliance on ambushes and guerrilla tactics. EN: The meme shows masked IRA members posing in front of the Irish tricolour with text joking about challenging the Black and Tans to fight openly, then losing every non-ambush engagement with British forces. The punchline is sarcastic: the boastful challenge is contrasted with the IRA’s reliance on ambushes and guerrilla tactics.

• @eternalclassic / 15607 2022-06-30