Nice to see Dead Horse admitting the role of the British army in the North of Ireland. A round from an SLR seems to have been his cure for all ill's. Rioting was the preserve of children over there, few would have been sent to the states to raise funds.

Anyway, it is all water under the bridge now, Sinn Fein took control of the Provisionals back in 1986, their political approach paid off, they are now in government and making governmental decisions and earning world respect and the British army went home without a battle honour to their name after 30 years.