Eamon de Valera seems to have been talking about more than one threat in his response to Churchill's persistence. On the surface, he is saying that Ireland will fight against invading forces...in other words, if Japan or Germany invaded Ireland in earnest, it is clear by de Valera's words that he intends England to hold no concern that Ireland would not be victorious against them. But a more careful reading of de Valera's words paints England, and Churchill, as just as much of a threat. While not suggesting that either are a physical danger, he suggests that both are endangering Ireland's rights and autonomy, and therefore, according to de Valera, granting rights to Ireland's ports would be nothing short of abandoning the independence that was so recently won (twenty years earlier).
Propaganda in all nations was the order of the day -- it is very likely that both de Valera and Churchill engaged in propaganda campaigns intent on either pursuing access to the ports or refusing said access. Either way, can it still be said, after examination of the discourse between the two nations, that Ireland was, in fact, neutral? While, as a nation, it may not have officially sided with either the axis or the allied forces, its actions affected the course of the war and the manner in which the allies were forced to consider defense of Great Britain. Though de Valera likely saw Churchill's attempts to secure port access as shrouded attempts to once more subjugate Ireland, and thus believed his refusal both honorable and necessary, the fact remains that though he protested that Ireland was a neutral nation in the course of the second world war, it did, in fact, stray from that central point.
Of course, it is entirely possible that a new, and more limited treaty may have solved the issues held by both Ireland and England. If Churchill had requested and been granted a temporary treaty allowing access to the ports, under the guidance and command of Ireland, it may be...
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