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Author:  HeatherKay [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:37 am ]
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I didn't see this reported anywhere else. I also didn't watch the memorial service on the goggle box.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... en-comment

Quote:
Peter Brierley – father of Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley, one of the first to die in Iraq, at St Paul's to commemorate soldiers and personnel killed in the conflict – refusing to shake Tony Blair's hand, with the words: "I am not shaking your hand. You have got blood on it." Blair – clearly shocked, was bustled away by security, the whole thing akin to some bizarre inversion of the usual over-zealous fan/reluctant celebrity scenario.


Mr Brierley deserves an OBE.
Author:  AlunD [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:00 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Mr Brierley deserves an OBE.


+1 oh yes in deed.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:40 am ]
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While Afghanistan was justified, Iraq was not. So in that respect I would regard Blair as a war criminal as well. I know that he wants to be the European President but that would be a huge mistake.
Author:  AlunD [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:00 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
I know that he wants to be the European President but that would be a huge mistake.


So very very true. :roll:
Author:  E. F. Benson [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:42 pm ]
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+2
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:13 pm ]
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+3.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:28 pm ]
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Dignified and to the point.
Author:  paulzolo [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:42 pm ]
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+4

I like the fact he was bustled away by security. Is he to be protected from the views of other people?
Author:  Nick [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:06 am ]
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I'd like to see a brit as european president.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:24 am ]
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Nick wrote:
I'd like to see a brit as european president.

Sure one day, but a foreigner or Blair? Then a foreigner wins every time. :oops:
Author:  big_D [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:46 am ]
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John Dvorak said, not wrote:
The modern Hitler is just going to be a guy like Tony Blair, that is obviously it.
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:52 am ]
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I'm glad to see the man's standing up for his principles. But I'm not sure about Blair being whisked away. Perhaps he could've been allowed a chance to respond?
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:07 am ]
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okenobi wrote:
I'm glad to see the man's standing up for his principles. But I'm not sure about Blair being whisked away. Perhaps he could've been allowed a chance to respond?


How could he have responded

"God will judge me not you" :roll:

blair is a wiley enough politican to know not to respond immedialty to such a comment.


I only hope that he gets his come uppance soon and very very publically :twisted:
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:32 pm ]
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bobbdobbs wrote:
okenobi wrote:
I'm glad to see the man's standing up for his principles. But I'm not sure about Blair being whisked away. Perhaps he could've been allowed a chance to respond?


How could he have responded

"God will judge me not you" :roll:

blair is a wiley enough politican to know not to respond immedialty to such a comment.


I only hope that he gets his come uppance soon and very very publically :twisted:


There's no need for wileyness. How about just give the guy an opportunity to support the father in his grief. Tony Blair is one man, you can't pin an entire war on him. Retribution only continues the cycle of violence.

Sensai says, "Finally, even as the victor, one is in danger, in that by defeating another, the desire of revenge is created in the vanquished."

Don't be so keen to see people get their "comeuppance".
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:30 pm ]
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Blair is a consummate wordsmith. He is a trained lawyer, his wife is a barrister. They can talk and think themselves out of a situation. And they can easily convince themselves that they are right, even when they are clearly quite wrong. Blair told us that he felt that the war in Iraq was right and just. I believe that he fully believes that.

I am very, very wary of politicians - they are guarded with their comments, and will answer ambiguously in order that they can appear to say the right thing later on. An apology or words of sympathy to the gentleman in question could be seen as an admission of guilt, and would be picked apart by the media.
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