Tony Blair snubbed by father of dead soldier for having ‘blood on his hands’

[grassfed]

LONDON — Former British prime minister Tony Blair was told he had "blood on his hands" by the father of a dead soldier Friday, after a memorial for the fallen of the Iraq war in London.

The ex-premier joined Queen Elizabeth II, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown as well as soldiers and families at a service paying tribute to the 179 troops who died as a result of the 2003 war.

The snub came at a reception held after the memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral, where the archbishop of Canterbury criticised policymakers for failing to properly consider the human cost of the Iraq war.

Peter Brierley, whose 28-year-old son Shaun died in March 2003, refused to shake Blair's hand when he offered it, telling the ex premier: "I'm not shaking your hand, you've got blood on it."

Blair was ushered away, but afterwards Brierley said: "I understand soldiers go to war and die but they have to go to war for a good reason and be properly equipped to fight.

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/blair-snubbed-for-having-blood-on-his-hands/

[SPedigrees]

1. That's what happens when you cast your lot with the devil, Tony. No pats on the back for you. nt

[Union Yes]

2. Bless that fathers heart for making a powerful statement to a warpig.

As a vet I salute him.

:patriot:

[Yehonala]

3. Salute! :)

*salute* That smug idiot should have been strung up and then used as target practice. He's wrecked Britain and is now angling to become President of the EU. Pig. When he started the war, he should have hit the enemy with as much as possible, not treating war like a parlor game.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. "hit the enemy with as much as possible"

Hit what enemy?

One of the many nations that didn't attack the US or the UK and weren't about to?

[FiveGoodMen]

4. "Generals gathered in their masses..."