A Blow for Irish Freedom

A bridge abutment in County Down has singlehandedly done more in one moment to strike a blow for Irish freedom than the CIRA, RIRA, and INLA all put together have done since '98. As four interlopers and agents of British tyranny were quickly dispatched in a carefully planned ambush outside Warrenpoint. While not quite Lord Mount Batten redux there can be no doubt that any one of the aforementioned groups will be claiming credit shortly. Though on more serious note the fact that single road accident has caused more police fatatlities than all of the paramilitary activities over the last decade should give us pause to think about how for Northern Ireland has come in the last decade or so. It should also cause us a to remember that for all those who proclaim loudly how the provos were defeated as a strategic, political, and tactical force (I'm looking your way Henry McDonald) how long it would take them to rack up that kind of body count. Let us just be thankful that it's no longer the case and that as tragic as this accident is for the community of South Down is, that it is just that, an accident.