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amberdisc Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 04:43 AM
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Blair's "Awful" Letter over My Son's Death"
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A father who wrote to Tony Blair asking for justification for the war in Iraq after his son was killed while on service, has received a reply which he says is nothing more than "patronising waffle". Private Andrew Kelly, of the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was at just 18 the youngest British casualty of the war when he died in a shooting accident in his barracks in May.
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Bliar was slow to answer the letter. Does Dubya answer these at all?
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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 04:58 AM
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1. What a disgrace Blair is
Edited on Sun Sep-07-03 05:00 AM by teryang
Sounds like they sent out a form letter. Killed just seven weeks into duty in a foreign war to secure oil wells and bridges for an illegal invasion based upon lies. Seven weeks and killed in an accident? Is that the well trained British force we hear so much about? Talk about ruthless exploitation. It's outrageous.
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 07:07 AM
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2. As if Blair gives two shits about the people he has sent to their grave.
Blair has simply not got the guts to admit that he was wrong. The man is a power mad coward.

The sooner Blair gets his sorry arse out of Downing Street the better.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 07:36 AM
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3. man
I was always on to Dubya - since he was running for governor in my state. He's never fooled me for a minute. But Blair - I have to admit, he fooled me. I really, truly liked him until he aligned himself with our idiot "president" for this dreadful affair.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 04:47 PM
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4. He fooled me too
I used to be proud that my maiden name was Blair. Not anymore.
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amberdisc Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-03 08:21 AM
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5. But George Orwell's real name was Eric Blair.
So you can still be proud!

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