R.I.P DENNIS
An Honest Brave Man.
Terrorists have no care who they kill, to stand up to them, the people need brave men and women who will, those in service to the people, who will put their lives on the line, to defend and protect, often working blind.
When an undeclared war between ideologies, when women and children are considered as fair game by terrorists, when bombs are placed to murder and maim, and in dark places the murderers take aim.
The local police cannot cope, to avoid genocide and give people hope, politicians call on the military, to bring peace and freedom, they are asked to do what is necessary.
This was such a war, there is no black or white, there is only the survival law, decisions are made on what was and what is, there is no debate, not now, not ever, with terrorists.
It’s so easy for those who have never faced death, to sit in a warm office, comfy chair and solid desk, to have the time of day, drink their drinks, and with their pens play, then go home to hot food and family, watch tv and rest.
There is a fantasy world, where politicians, lawyers and judiciary exist, where time stands still and all details are clear, where human frailties all resist, clear actions and reactions are made without mitigation or fear.
Many will make money without regret, target our warriors, push them through hell, while showing no respect, politicians will betray them for political ease, to profit at the ballot box, and their egos please.
Dennis, a man who was not well, betrayed and persecuted, yet all in the past he did tell, this innocent man they would not leave alone, to die in peace with his family around him, at home.
With no evidence old or new, without regard to health or age, more than hell they put him through, treated like a criminal, not the brave warrior he was, clapped in irons, then to Belfast dragged.
A man of eighty questioned again, over an incident from fifty years ago, for which many times he had explained, as part of the witch-hunt, he had been investigated before, cleared each time, it was not about justice, that’s for sure.
The circumstances of a man’s death, who on his own should not have been left, was a tragedy of the ideologies at war, terrorists kept no paperwork, but with each atrocity, they just wanted more.
Dennis was an honest brave man, his country betrayed him, while he did the best he can, even the man’s life, he tried to save, to God, Queen and Country, his all he gave.
Derrick W Sole.
2021