It's one thing for an individual to forgive a man who tried to kill him. It's quite another for a leader to give comfort to a scumbag who killed or attempted to kill hundreds of innocent civilians.
It is the equivalent of Ronald Reagan forgiving John Hinckley, then offering support to Bobby Sands.
I think some forget how the Kennedys too were very close to this kind of terrorist scum.
They always met gerry adams and Martin McGuiness, they helped to get them two visa’s and complained when Bush clamped down on their funding from here.