Senator Edward Kennedy died on the 25 August 2009. I will not mourn him, but his death has reminded me to mourn for the British Soldiers and Civilians killed, or maimed in Northern Ireland during Senator Kennedy's 30 year support of Terrorism in the United Kingdom Province of Northern Ireland and his positive encouragement to Americans to give money to the 'cause', which misguidedly they did, to the tune of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
During the troubles, it became a tradition for Fenian murderers to routinely feted on St Patrick’s Day by members of the US political establishment , and no American Politician welcomed them more warmly than Senator Edward Kennedy:
Whenever Margaret Thatcher visited Washington, Senator Kennedy could always be seen wearing a bright green tie, an unsubtle ''statement'' on his part of his support for Republicanism - something which the then Prime Minister was always aware of but chose to ignore (also a sign of how he retained a very 'juvenile outlook', even in late middle-age).
After 9/11 when even the Irish-American Romantics discovered what Terrorism really means and the mood in Northern Ireland Politics was changing, like any Political Animal, Senator Kennedy sniffed the wind and changed his Public Stance.
His public change of heart, positively supporting the peace process, even going so far as to publicly snub Jerry Adams, won him many plaudits, an even if in the unlikely event this change was real (and I doubt his views actually change one iota) it cannot expunge the previous 30 years.
Maybe Senator Kennedy was a good Servant to his Country on Domestic Issues, from here, he was a bigoted supporter of Terrorism.
As for his very public, Private Life: A man who if he had not been a Kennedy, would have likely faced extremely serious charges in connection with the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969 in the 'Chappaquiddick Incident' (instead receiving a two month suspended sentence for leaving the scene), but even after this he continued to lead a lifestyle which would have shamed a juvenile-celebrity right through until the end of the 1980's.
The fact that an Honourary Knighthood was given to a man who had inherited his fathers loathing for Britain, supported Terrorism and was without doubt flawed in so many other ways, is a stain on my nations honour.
But he now faces the ultimate judgement, fortunately for him God is all forgiving. But it is going to be a very long time before I forgive his support of terrorism in my country.
During the troubles, it became a tradition for Fenian murderers to routinely feted on St Patrick’s Day by members of the US political establishment , and no American Politician welcomed them more warmly than Senator Edward Kennedy:
Whenever Margaret Thatcher visited Washington, Senator Kennedy could always be seen wearing a bright green tie, an unsubtle ''statement'' on his part of his support for Republicanism - something which the then Prime Minister was always aware of but chose to ignore (also a sign of how he retained a very 'juvenile outlook', even in late middle-age).
After 9/11 when even the Irish-American Romantics discovered what Terrorism really means and the mood in Northern Ireland Politics was changing, like any Political Animal, Senator Kennedy sniffed the wind and changed his Public Stance.
His public change of heart, positively supporting the peace process, even going so far as to publicly snub Jerry Adams, won him many plaudits, an even if in the unlikely event this change was real (and I doubt his views actually change one iota) it cannot expunge the previous 30 years.
Maybe Senator Kennedy was a good Servant to his Country on Domestic Issues, from here, he was a bigoted supporter of Terrorism.
As for his very public, Private Life: A man who if he had not been a Kennedy, would have likely faced extremely serious charges in connection with the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969 in the 'Chappaquiddick Incident' (instead receiving a two month suspended sentence for leaving the scene), but even after this he continued to lead a lifestyle which would have shamed a juvenile-celebrity right through until the end of the 1980's.
The fact that an Honourary Knighthood was given to a man who had inherited his fathers loathing for Britain, supported Terrorism and was without doubt flawed in so many other ways, is a stain on my nations honour.
But he now faces the ultimate judgement, fortunately for him God is all forgiving. But it is going to be a very long time before I forgive his support of terrorism in my country.
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