McGuinness: We still need Irish America’s help

In a phone interview with the Irish Echo, McGuinness said the IRA’s decision to dump arms and stand down had transformed the prospects for progress.
“It really is a wholly new situation we find ourselves in, one that is bursting with potential,” the Mid-Ulster MP said.
He also pointedly praised the efforts of President George W. Bush, whom he said had confounded skeptics with his staunch support for the Good Friday agreement.
The IRA move, which came last Thursday, has been welcomed by everyone except representatives of Ireland’s 900,000 unionists.
It was universally well received in the U.S. by politicians from both main political parties.
McGuinness, who along with Sinn F