By the time of the truce, however, many republican leaders, including Michael Collins, were convinced that if the war went on for much longer, there was a chance that the IRA campaign as it was then organised could be brought to a standstill.
V době příměří však bylo mnoho republikánských vůdců, včetně Michaela Collinse, přesvědčeno, že pokud by válka trvala déle, válečná kampaň IRA by byla uvedena do stavu klidu.