GUEST, I could almost agree with you about the "who hit whom first" scenario except this isn't just an issue dealing with history. These problems aren't behind us yet, though the day they are will be unforgetable! These issues of loyalist terror conducted against Republicans and Catholics is ongoing as we've been discussing. It may be an old, OLD problem, but regardless of its age, it's still current. The PSNI and British troops still remain on the sidelines and watch as loyalist paramilitaries terrorize residents of Catholic and Republican areas. Maybe that will change now that the "law" of the North of Ireland has come under direct fire from the same gangs they used to back. One can only pray that it will be so. We'll have to watch and see...