the war is over
"True, the IRA, because it exists, does not make it easier for unionists. But that's life...the IRA continues to exist because nationalists still feel vulnerable. But it can only return to armed struggle if the institutions and forces of the state attack nationalists or deny them their rights, which thus begs the question of unionists and the British: is the war over? If it is over, why do you want the Special Branch? Why do you not make the police service acceptable to nationalists? Why are the forces you support still bugging houses and cars, gathering intelligence, targeting republicans, recruiting informers? Can you guarantee that you will not go back to internment, censorship, the ill-treatment of prisoners, shoot-to-kill operations? Can you assure us that you will cease your double standards which give political cover and encouragement to loyalist paramilitaries...Because you have a past does not mean that you cannot have a future. Here is the hand of friendship. Tell us that the war is over."
--Danny Morrison, writing in the Guardian, October 14, 2002
The article you posted first appeared in one of the London papers, the Times, I believe. An obvious propaganda piece... |
