"contentious and bitterly disputed"
The historical facts I have presented are well documented and not disputed; it is the present state of affairs that are being battled over.
"Let the people who have to live in NI decide its future."
As I said, maintain the status quo - two examples of which you have in the press cuttings I posted.
At present there are riots on the Belfast Streets and the potential for further and greater violence as the marching season gets underweigh,
You have written off the right of British people as a whole having a say in military involvement in the situation, defering that right to an aggressive and potentially violent sectarian minority of the UK.
Despite the clear wishes of the majority of British people (yourself included), the government is committed to military intervention in the six counties - where is the democracy in that and how does leaving things as they are solve the situation one way or the other?
Jim Carroll