The problem with your argument is that the killing, raping, and pillaging was/is primarily being done by the protestant paramilitaries and their British allies. Which you seem to have no problems with and only complain when the Catholics in the north commit violent acts in response to the atrocities committed by your buddies in the UDA and such.
The Irish Republicans love Americans. The US their number one source of financial revenue.
Which is why the have so many flags of American hating terrorist groups flying in "hard" Republican neighborhoods.
The US their number one source of financial revenue.
Because Americans like you think that funding terrorism is cute, so long as the killers look like you, and talk like grandpa. You'd condemn Americans sending money to fund Kurd, Sri Lankan, Hutu or Serbian terrorists.