Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
In the sense that the UK government's aims were only ever to hold the circle and achieve peaceful and democratic co-existence between the parties, I'd say it's hard to argue they didn't achieve them, since that's what we now have.
Well one could argue that the role of the British Army (as opposed to the Government) was to defeat the IRA which they fundamentally did not do.

The only winners in the whole sorry affair are the people now living in a relatively peaceful country.