ROBBO AND THE DANEGELD...
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 09:16PM I oppose talking to terrorists other than in two SPECIAL circumstances;
1. To ask them what their last wish is before they are executed or
2. Asking for their unconditional surrender. That's it - nothing else has value to it.
So, when I read that Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has met the leaderships of the loyalist terrorists the UVF and UDA, it sickens me.
The meeting comes amid government pressure on loyalist paramilitaries to
decommission their weapons.The DUP is also demanding the IRA 'army council' is disbanded before policing
and justice powers can be devolved. The DUP leader said the UDA and UVF's response to the talks was "positive".
He said they discussed making violence and criminality "a thing of the past".
A few questions for our First Minister;.
1. For how many years has the DUP engaged in talks with loyalist terrorists? What has been the result?
2. If it was wrong, as the DUP has loing argued, for the likes of the SDLP and British/Irish government to talk to IRA/Sinn Fein, then why is it right for the DUP to talk to scum like the UDA and UVF?
The DUP are unspeakable hypocrites, cosying up to all sorts of terrorists in the name of "peace".
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Reader Comments (6)
What are the odds on a another fudge on policing and justice and the great DUP rolling over again? Oh, and it will all be hailed as yet another dramatic breakthrough !
Mid-Ulster,
They roll over faster than a possum in a hurry.
DV
Correct.
So talking to Nelson Mandela or George Washington would have been off the cards for you David, except in those two delightful circumstances.
Oh and plz dont use the old GW existed before the term terrorist was coined argument.
oppose talking to terrorists other than in two SPECIAL circumstances;
1. To ask them what their last wish is before they are executed or
2. Asking for their unconditional surrender. That's it - nothing else has value to it.
Menachem Begin ?
Begin - yes.
Adams and McGuinness - yes.
Deal?
Moral equivalence ain't my deal.