the streets of bellfast and derry. so there he is not passing blame, saying they're just casual what is basically a military campaign. i know all these arts, you know them, neil. it is a war. what did you make of his decision to do something which i find appalling, to cast this giant net -- it is joe mccarthy, like everybody in the state department is corrupt, every intellectual. my mother used to talk like this occasionally, i know how it goes. your thoughts. >> i think it's a huge mistake, one thing that i learned from northern ireland is you cannot demonize an entire group of people. they were often called a terrorist community, and people took an stream view. within that community there were 90% of the people who wanted a peaceful path and when that path presented itself, they took it and created one of the great peace proses in the 20th century. pete knew that. pete was on the ground.