Smoky Mountains Sunrise

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Honoring Ted Kennedy is an Insult to IRA's Victims

Simon Heffer despairs at Gordon Brown's decision to honor a champion of Irish terrorism.


From The Telegraph
By Simon Heffer

Even I felt sorry for Ted Kennedy when I heard he had a brain tumour. I temporarily forgot the support he gave to IRA murderers during the 1980s and 1990s. Since some nasty people flew airliners into a few buildings in 2001 the Americans have stopped seeing the glamour of terrorism.

Until then, however, Fenian murderers were routinely feted on St Patrick’s Day, and no American welcomed them more warmly than Ted.

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