Among British commentators incensed that a former paratrooper is being questioned by PSNI regarding Bloody Sunday is a former soldier with the pen name Andy McNab, author of BRAVO TWO ZERO. I was a librarian in London when I first heard of the book or the author.
If the creature asking for the book didn’t actually drag tattooed knuckles along the floor, he wasn’t much further up the evolutionary ladder than those that do.
The book was cited as the inspiration of two youths who murdered a blameless taxi driver because they believed he was an Arab and perhaps a Muslim as well.
Both were or had been at school at Gordonstoun. The best known old boy is the Duke of Edinburgh.
The notion that British troops who have been deployed on the pretext that they are aiding “the Civil Power” have a licence to kill without adequate reason seems well established amongst some British Regiments.
Andy McNab and his admirers might be grouped under the heading “IQ TWO ZERO”
Remember the former soldier who appeared on Radio Ulster recalling how his regiment were always up for ‘bagging a Paddy?’ British working class recruited to oppress Irish working class.
“The notion that British troops who have been deployed on the pretext that they are aiding “the Civil Power” have a licence to kill without adequate reason seems well established amongst some British Regiments.”
Actually, they have some justification Donal.
Once unleashed, the British army are a law unto themselves supported right to the highest echelons of state and monarchy.
Not only the army though, if you listen to chief constable George Hamilton in relation to historic state sanctioned crimes during the conflict, he is always very keen to stress that his officers at all times operated within their remits, alluding to the fact that there was more than a little vagueness when it come to shooting to kill.
In an underhand way, they were indeed given a licence to kill.
I see the poppy as a public display of support for the state sponsored murders committed with the underhand approval of Westminster and mrs windsor who gave them that licence to kill.
Sadly he seems to have a considerable Irish fan club. Copies of his books are often to be found in charity shops, bought by wannabe psychos who normally communicate through clicks and grunts. Colonial CRINGE. Self abasement.
Talking about the british Army and licence to kill – the hidden hand documentary on the Dublin-monaghan bombings is well worth watching
https://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/hidden-hand-the-dublin-monaghan-bombings/