Pity, what a Cover-up.

People fighting for a modicum of justice were painted as the real evil doers over the years. Why at this time, does an esteemed columnist tell it like it is and having not done so over the years. Did he have a recent awakening? Thirty years of pain might have been ameliorated somewhat were people in the know were courageous and forthcoming in counteracting the propaganda we were fed within our Saxon world. Many of those who sensed or surmised at what was going on in that evil statelet were ridiculed, threatened and reminded in no uncertain terms that their support of their brothers was sickly evil, and branded as supporters of terrorism. The person who spoke on behalf of the unfortunate people under attack was made the equal of a Castro Marxist. Such branding sent most of our own into shame and hiding. Granted it took desperate men to do the things they did which we cannot condone. Here is a list of the things that were somehow not deemed as outragous as those perpertrated by those on the side of freedom. It was natural that men seeking freedom and providing protection for their fellows it would eventually lead them to become desperate. 800 years of oppression is more than enough for anyone to bear. Imagine being treated like that of the black man was treated in South Africa pre Mandela. Even as of this writing Catholics are targeted for assassination by Protestant leadership. The burning alive of three children (even though their Catholic mother was raising the bairns as Protestants) recently did nothing to have them rethink the consequences of their terroristic and thriumphalistic marching practices to honor a Dutchman's victory, a chap whom the Pope supported. If this be normal and a Peace Agreement be in place, beam me up, Scotty.

In the Irish Echo of July 15-21, 1998, Jack Holland writes:
The crisis at Drumcree is a reminder of an all-too-easily forgotten fact about the Northern Ireland Troubles, and that is the pivotal role played by extreme Protestants and their organizations. during those decades, the IRA got most of the attention. As a result, loyalists were frequently ignored, yet consider these facts.

• 1966 - Launched first terror campaign, UVF claimed three lives, two Catholics and one Protestant.
• 1969 - It was loyalists who launched first bombing campaign in Northern Ireland. It forced prime minister Terence O'Neill from office.
• Loyalists were responsible for killing first policeman in the current Troubles (now Peace, we all say?).
• 1969 - Catholics began a march for some basic right - like that of voting for one - got their heads beaten in.
• 1969 - It was loyalists who first became involved in wide scale rioting against the British army in Belfast.
• 1971 - Loyalists responsible for worst single bomb attack against civilians in the history of the Troubles. They bombed McGurk's bar in Belfast killing 15 people.
• 1972 - Loyalists in the form of UDA helped bring an end to IRA cease-fire by blocking Catholics from moving into housing allocated to them.
• 1972 - It was the loyalists who launched the first systematic campaign of assassinations in Belfast. They targeted innocent Catholics.
  The UDA and UVF would go on to claim more civilian lives more than all the republication organizations combined.
• 1974 - It was loyalist that brought down NI prime minister, Brian Faulkner. They did so thru the so-called Ulster Workers' Council strike - which was in fact more a lock-out maintained by UDA intimidation. The "strike" forced the first power-sharing experiment to collapse and once more pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
• 1974 - It was loyalists whose bombing of Dublin in the Republic claimed 26 lives. The three bombs went off at the same time - suspicions abound that the British SAS provided the expertize to the UVF and the UDA killers. This was the bloodiest incident in the entire history of the Troubles
• Loyalists have always viewed themselves as "Queen Rebels," and apparently see no contradiction in attacking her security forces.
  Over the three days leading up to July 7, 1998 according to the Irish Times, loyalists launched 246 attacks against the police and army, injured 42 RUC men, threw 330 petrol bombs, hijacked 101 cars, burned 39 houses, and 71 other buildings. They did all this in the name of "loyalty."
  • Peace Agreement - YES Vote they say
    but Protestants burned three young Catholics bairns alive. What a people.
    A cartoon shows - three of the 101 uses for a Portadown sash
    
    1. As a blindfold your sash will help you ignore the gunmen petrol bomber and thugs in your midst.
    2. You'll never hear those calls to give up with a sash between your ears.
    3. Having washed your hands of responsibility for Ballymoney (burning of kids) use it to dry them.