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Anti Federalist
10-10-2009, 12:02 AM
'You've got blood on your hands': Father of dead soldier refuses to shake Blair's hand after memorial to Britain's fallen heroes

A father’s grief and anger boiled over yesterday when he came face to face with the man he blames for his son’s death.

Tony Blair offered his hand to Peter Brierley during a reception following a service at St Paul’s to commemorate the dead of the Iraq war.

‘Don’t you dare,’ roared Mr Brierley. ‘You have my son’s blood on your hands.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219241/Tony-Blair-makes-surprise-appearance-Queen-pays-tribute-Iraq-veterans-St-Pauls.html#ixzz0TVgqFIOr
dannno
10-10-2009, 12:10 AM
Truth to power :confused:

I think we need more of that, personally.
Anti Federalist
10-10-2009, 12:14 AM
Truth to power :confused:

I think we need more of that, personally.

Damn right we do.

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Mini-Me
10-10-2009, 12:20 AM
I don't know exactly why, but in a roundabout way, his fierce verbal stand here reminds me of this badass little girl:
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo130/UnrealMiniMe/ThisKidIsABadass.jpg
brandon
10-10-2009, 12:24 AM
ehhh.... as far as I know military service is still voluntary in the UK. Perhaps his son had the blood of a few dead Iraqis on his hands.
Mini-Me
10-10-2009, 12:33 AM
ehhh.... as far as I know military service is still voluntary in England. Perhaps his son had the blood of a few dead Iraqis on his hands.

While this may very well be true, the father's anger leads me to believe his son likely signed up well before Blair decided to use him in a politician's preemptive war having nothing to do with Britain's actual defense. I'm not familiar with Britain's modern interventionary record other than Iraq though, so I could be wrong (if the UK has a modern pattern of doing this kind of crap, like the US does).
SimpleName
10-10-2009, 03:38 AM
ehhh.... as far as I know military service is still voluntary in the UK. Perhaps his son had the blood of a few dead Iraqis on his hands.

Good angle. It depends on what went into the kid's decision to join the military, but it ultimately was his choice. I don't know if anyone here knew this, but apparently a huge portion of being in the military involves fighting in war. Who would've known? Ignoring all of the details, I still love people slamming d**khead politicians. Verbally and physically. ;)
Anti Federalist
10-10-2009, 06:40 PM
bump