I am not proud that Ireland was neutral while Hitler was steamrolling over decent, ordinary, helpless people in Europe and was supposedly neutral while Pol Pot was killing hundreds of thousands because they had educational qualifications. We were appallingly negligent and irresponsible and should take the blame for not taking a hand, act or part in saving the people of Kosovo in recent years. I supported the US intervention in Kosovo, unpopular as it might have been, for one reason only. The Americans were the only ones prepared to intervene but the rest of us should have been prepared to do so.