the colonials do not apologise for massacres

The colonials do not apologise . Not even a near century later.  They always hide behind weasel worded  phrases. Phrases  that stop short of any real apology.

To Churchill the massacre was just  "monstrous" . The queen saw is as "distressing" , Her husband infamously and callously challenged the number of innocents victims killed. Tony Bliar , who apologised for the  Irish Potato Famine and the Slave Trade,  saw the Jalianwala massacre as merely "a reminder of the worst aspects of colonialism".

The old colonial General Dyer who wanted to teach "a moral lesson to the Punjab" even claimed that he had not overreacted and that he would have called in even greater firepower. Machine guns mounted on armoured cars  would have been brought in if the narrow streets had not prevented their movement to the Garden.

   "That it is the doctrine of terrorism."he had said. 

 He  even admitted: “I think it quite possible that I could have dispersed the crowd without firing but they would have come back again and laughed, and I would have made, what I consider, a fool of myself.”


The old colonials and their descendants, the neo-colonials, continue to make fools of themselves as they pursue the 21st century version  of  Dyer's 'doctrine of Terrorism' with the slaughter of millions across the world. 

The American "Shock and Awe" in Baghdad was just a continuation of General  Dyer's destructive, early 20th century,  Counter Terrorism Policies. 

David Cameron makes historic visit to Amritsar – but stops short of making apology

David Cameron has been criticised for failing to meet the families of Indians killed by British troops as he tried to make amends for a "deeply shameful" Imperial massacre.

Prime Minister David Cameron poses for photographs along with Avtar Singh Makkar (R) and others during his visit to the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Golden Temple in Amritsar Photo: EPA/RAMINDER PAL SINGH

By James Kirkup, in Amritsar

6:50AM GMT 20 Feb 2013

The Prime Minister invoked Sir Winston Churchill as he lamented the "monstrous" killings in Amritsar in 1919.

Mr Cameron flew to Amritsar at the end of a trade visit to Delhi and made a public show of British contrition over the massacre, which left at least 379 Sikh civilians dead.

In his tribute, Mr Cameron stopped short of an apology, but expressed profound regret at the incident.

"This was a deeply shameful event in British history, one that Winston Churchill rightly described at the time as "monstrous". We must never forget what happened here," Mr Cameron wrote.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9882090/David-Cameron-makes-historic-visit-to-Amritsar-but-stops-short-of-making-apology.html

The British officer who gave the order to fire into the crowd of 15,000 people was General Reginald Dyer. It was later established that his unit of Gurkha and Baluchi troops had fired around 1,650 bullets and had kept firing until they exhausted their ammunition.

At a subsequent inquiry, the Hunter Commission, Mr Dyer admitted: “I think it quite possible that I could have dispersed the crowd without firing but they would have come back again and laughed, and I would have made, what I consider, a fool of myself.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/david-camerons-condolences-at-amritsar-may-not-be-enough-to-heal-indian-wounds-8501811.html

In the same debate the secretary of state for India, Edwin Montagu issued a scathing response to Dyer's claim that he had not overreacted and that he would have called in even greater firepower: "That it is the doctrine of terrorism."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/20/david-cameron-pay-respects-amritsar-massacre