The devil is in the details.

'These were brave officers doing their duty, as the say it, in the same way as the IRA volunteers would see themselves as doing their duty as they saw it.'

 Gerry Adams Irish Parliament 5^th December 2013

The devil is truly in the details, and I'm not getting into the rights or wrongs of someone losing their life irrespective of the 'circumstances'. The reason I'm mentioning this at all is I was speaking to an acquaintance today who had a cousin in the IRA who was killed. He said did you notice that Adams didn't refer to the IRA men as brave, only the RUC men.

And if that was Adams logic then were the IRA men who were 'doing their duty' in Loughgall killed by brave SAS men who were only doing their duty? Or what about the young people maimed or killed by brave RUC officers firing plastic bullets and only doing their duty? As with everything here there are at least 2 sides to every story, well usually more, but I have to admit my acquaintance has a point and Adams could further alienate some of his support base.

Like most of the rubbish Gerry Adams spouts it's generally nothing more than self-aggrandising bullshit wrapped in rhetoric and coated in lies, and we all know Gerry is a piss poor liar.

The devil is truly in the details.