I'm amazed you'd expect anything different.It's the human male. Whether he's kneecapping a Protestant, blowing up a parade, beating up prisoners, raping women, killing civilians, building gas chambers...It's not the prerogative of the British, Divis, it's the failing of us all, no matter what our race, creed or colour. It's indefensible, unjustifiable but it's been going on since the dawn of time. How would you stop it? Good catholics, even the Pope, couldn't prevent IRA atrocities. The Archbishop of Canterbury couldn't stop Loyalist atrocities. Blair and Bush can't stop this, anymore than a good muslim leader could stop 9/11.
It's not a case for petty point scoring. It's life.