The minority factor

I think it axiomatic that there is little that is more dangerous in the world than a minority that doesn't care that it is a minority because it believes it is right. Arguably Tony Blair knew he was in a minority when he sent troops to Iraq but believed he was right. I rest my case. In recent times we see many examples. these include the republican movement in Northern Ireland, militant Zionists in the middle east, Islamic fundamentalists of various kinds and the Tea Party in the USA. It is useless trying to persuade these groups either that they are wrong, or that the democratic principle should prevail and they should accept that they are in the minority and desist. Perhaps sadly, the only way is negotiation. The alternative is perpetual war, part of the Orwellian dystopia.