I would add that soldiers always make bad policemen.
At least they have gone now that PIRA has announced an end of hostilities.
If only that had happened 25 years ago.

As for Sweeney's honest declaration, I have tried not to be quick to judge, Guest, and to have an open mind, but it is hard to understand how he can be ashamed of his war hero uncles, because they fought against Hitler.

Especially as we now have the benefit of hindsight and history to show us how evil his regime was and what it planned for us.

Should they have gone to be concentration camp guards?