Fawning over the terrorists

If you've seen Steven Spielberg's film "Munich" you will understand this post. During the film the members of the Israeli assassination team are shown watching a TV interview with one of the surviving Black September terrorists who had been controversially freed by the German authorities after participating in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. The terrorist is answering a question when one of the assassination team, Steve, who is both stunned and disgusted at the spectacle says: "Look at them. They're movie stars!"

In another example of life imitating art, Steve's comment was the first thing that came to mind when I read this story in the Belfast Telegraph. Some people will read it and ask "so what?". But it's notable that once again the very people who have gone out of their way to terrorise others, commit murder, maim innocent people and who should be rotting in prison having never shown any remorse for their violence, are being elevated to the status of movie stars. People like Adams aren't heroes, they're responsible for a legacy of death and destruction because they couldn't get their own way through democratic means. It's sickening.