What an absolute load of toss,first the tea issue is fact, but then it is so easily to accept that the British Army can urinate on beds but no such acts came from the community. Utter nonsense, I'm not saying one side was better or worse than the other, what I am saying is that both sides were up to their work. Fionn why was there standing orders forbiding the taking of refreshments from the civilian population? Can you answer that?

Smearing dogs with cam cream, bollocks, that would have left the dog's attacking any person who wore foundation cream,its main constituents are found in cam cream. Gun oil, lord help the person who wanders by with the local IRA weapons, or do they use different oil?

If the example of brutality that pet owners carried out on their pets is true, them it is plausible for these animals to be put down. Who where the Green Jackets, were they recruited from staunchly bigoted areas? HuwG go educate yourself on the units deployed in N.I. as for someone who was in the army I would have thought that you would know N.I. was not the most sought after post.

Lets look at your police issue Fionn, how come there were many Catholics in the RIC pre partition? What changed the numbers and prevented them from joining the RUC? Would the threat from the IRA be a clue ?

"I was rarely much concerned about the deaths of active combatants, whether soldiers or nationalist/loyalist activists. The real waste was the hundreds upon hundreds of innocent lives wasted or destroyed for absolutely no reason whatsoever. "

Your a disgrace Fionn your above quote is absolutely disgusting, the soldiers that died here have the right to be concerned about as anyone else. You demean the sacrifice of those who died trying to save lives on both sides. What about the sgt who threw himself on a grenade threw onto a bus with children, he gave his life, perhaps thats more fanciful fact, eh Fion?

There were atrocities on both sides we are not going to get anywhere denying that or making excuses for it. How many families who had loved ones murdered called for no retaliation, only to have others take their indignation on themselves and go out and murder another innocent person. And who gets the blame? Not the murderers that's for sure. Both sides allow the scum of terrorism take it upon themselves to carry out a measured response. By our acceptance of them and our excuse making for terrorists we give them the mandate to carryout such acts. But the Fionn looking at it how it is is fanciful.