I dont really know what other 'small steps ' Teribus is talking about, that supposedly complete this journey. Perhaps you could give us some examples of this.

As far as I see it, it is all over, including the shouting, and all that went before will be consigned to that bottomless wastepaper bin called 'The Past'.

And much as I detest the the blatant predjudice of that named guest above, I have to agree that (as an 'ex-squaddie' myself, who has served in the province), we and the 'Proddys' did account for a fair amount of that total in one way or another I'm sorry to say, Gareth, although at the same time I don't think anyone is seriously going to suggest that the IRA didn't kill anybody. Not even the statistics on that website that Guest G H directed us to, bear that out.

So in that, Teribus may also be right, in so far as we may have overstated Gaddaffi's significance in killing 3500 people in the troubles.

I concur with Amos, though. This is not an IRA thread, and although I would prefer not to see one, certainly start one if you think it is going to change any perception people already have of that quagmire, now also (thankfully) consigned to 'The Past'

Jim