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Just in case anyone wants to here is a link to a petition to give soldiers who served in Northern Ireland amnesty.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243947:
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243947:
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Personally I believe in Law and Order: someone who commits a very serious crime when in uniform should never benefit from an amnesty.
They wish to penalise those who obeyed their senior officers whilst those who shot people & blew up people & buildings for their own purposes (& in many cases profit) get off!
If orders were issued by senior officers, then those officers should also be prosecuted..._
If they are going to take soldiers to court then they should withdraw the agreement that stopped the IRA & others from being charged. Oh whoops would that mean that NI gov would have a problem? Oh maybe not because that has been a problem for some time. Time for someone to get their backsides in gear.
NI do not want Brexit but can't get their a***s in gear enough to do anything about it. If they are lucky they may be rescued by the SNP, wish they could rescue the rest of us!
I live in the UK City of Culture 2021
Meanwhile, the scum that kneecapped my friend, stripped him naked and executed him with a shot to the back of the head and then dumped his corpse in waste ground get immunity
Yeah, that's fair
The terrorists should be punished, the army praised.
In 1973 NI had their border poll and a massive majority of those that voted wanted to remain in the UK. Unfortunately those that disagreed had bombs etc. They were, and still are, trying to force the majority to do as the minority want. Sound familiar?