Czuch: It was not a civil war. I don't know where you get that from, but that is not true. Mainland UK was just as likely to be bombed as NI was. If you look back in the history books you'll see an attempt was made to kill Maggie Thatcher through a bomb at a hotel. Car bombs going off, the only hope was that it was one of the main IRA groups that gave coded warnings, so the damage was only property. Assassinations of high ranking officials took place also. There was no line of battle, the UK and Ireland were the battlefield and anyone could be a casualty.

I'm not saying armies have no purpose, but using them for the wrong purpose serves no good.