All this has been debated over and over again - no conclusion was reached then and none will be reached now
All that will happen will be a re- polarisation of already established positions
This was a war that need not have happened and would not have taken place if the right political decisions had been taken in the first place - if the country had not been divided into two religious halves, if the Unionists had not written out the say of the very significant minority in the six counties, if the obvious inequality that existed in the North East had been rectified in Westminster, if the Civil Rights Marches had not been so brutally quashed.....
The rest boils down to "my people killed more people than your people....." and no side can be absolved on that basis.
I know enough about Ireland to have reached the conclusion that basically, ordinary people get on with each other no matter what religion
The problems arise when politicians interfere and religious bigots take to their pulpits.
A great deal of progress has been made since the Troubles - any stumbles on the way can be traced back to the two stumbling blocks - the next big one being Brexit and the effect it will have and is already having in a large number of the British people in Ireland.
Another fine mess they've got us into Ollie!!!
Jim Carroll