dsr-burnley
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- Aug 15, 2014
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There have always been civilian casualties in war as well as military ones. It would be equally valid for people of all nations to refuse to commemorate the war dead because a few of them got things wrong and killed the wrong people.
The problem McLean has is that he is pretty clearly a supporter of the IRA. Or if he isn't, then he makes a pretty poor attempt to oppose their policies. Whatever the faults of the Army and RUC in Northern Ireland, even the blindest of Irish patriots must accept that the IRA did some pretty appalling things. McLean only ever seems to criticise one side. That's why he gets singled out.
The problem McLean has is that he is pretty clearly a supporter of the IRA. Or if he isn't, then he makes a pretty poor attempt to oppose their policies. Whatever the faults of the Army and RUC in Northern Ireland, even the blindest of Irish patriots must accept that the IRA did some pretty appalling things. McLean only ever seems to criticise one side. That's why he gets singled out.