the war is officially over

[Madame Adequate]

Too bad. I was rather hoping that Ireland would eventually become independent.

The IRA murdered thousands of innocents - "too bad" is hardly how I'd describe their disarmament.

Thank you.

As you can probably see from other threads, I'm far from convinced by this. Hopeful, but not convinced. Nevertheless, thirty years of bending over backwards to accomodate terrorists isn't a proud mark in Britain's pages.

Edit: I could name another war which has been officially over for some time now, but which people are only too happy to point out the violence in the region continues. Of course, rather than place the blame on the people doing the killing-and-maiming bit, they're probably going to blame Blair for not making enough concessions.

Or Bush. Bush is a good condidate for blame.