In this essay I will try to solve the question should Cromwell be condemned for his action is Drogheda? <Tab/>It was quite obvious Cromwell did not like the Irish because of the Ulster killings in 1641 he said "you, unprovoked, put the English to the most unheard of and most barbarous massacre (without sex or age) that ever the sun beheld". He believed the Irish should be punished for this. He …
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…stopped the bloodshed, but the truth is for his time he did the right thing, it's easily said that he should not have killed the civilians but if you were in his position and had lost many friends at the Ulster killing you two would have been angry. After the Irish at Drogheda failed to surrender, you probably would not have been prepared, to give them an easy time either. <Tab/>