Originally Posted by
cheekychimp
We weren't a "peacekeeping force" we were there to support the RUC in the legal execution of their duties. The IRA were painted as the bad guys because they were, during pre-deployment training the focus was on Republican terrorist groups because they were the ones actively targeting and killing us. The Loyalist terrorists concentrated on killing Catholics, occasionally targeting the Security Forces if we stopped their fun. Or perhaps I missed something during my 3 tours and have been wrong all this time.
Just as military resources are often used to assist Police investigations and operations in all parts of the UK. If my work in NI helped end the career of any terrorists I consider it time well spent.