Better 38 years late than never

Inquiry Finds 1972 Killings In Northern Ireland Unjust : NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

In London, British Prime Minister David Cameron said the investigation — based on evidence from 921 witnesses, 2,500 written statements and 60 volumes of written evidence — demonstrated that the soldiers' shooting into the crowd protesting the internment without trial of IRA suspects was "both unjustified and unjustifiable." Cameron apologized on behalf of the British government, and summarized the findings of English judge Lord Saville: The soldiers never should have been ordered to confront the protesters, they fired the first shots and targeted unarmed people who were clearly fleeing or aiding the helpless wounded. None of those killed or wounded that day in Londonderry had posed a threat to the soldiers, Saville concluded.

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[YGRS]

1972. . .

[mad-tante]

I'm 38 -- puts it in perspective. Christ.

[Lauri]

I'll hum "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in honor of this proclamation. 

[Hangaku Gozen]

I want to say 'better late than never,' but everyone knew in '72 it was unjustified. Bloody Sunday gave the PR war to the IRA and knocked the British government off of what little high ground it had in the Troubles. 

[mariser]

I'm 38 -- puts it in perspective.

it sure does.  and it only took twelve years for the inquiry to complete.

[mariser]

I've been humming SBS all day.  and I'm no fan of U2.

[mariser]

agreed.  but the British government wouldn't acknowledge it or apologize.