Tuesday, May 03, 2005
This is disgraceful. Where’s the outrage?
A soldier dies. It’s sad for his family. Where's the story?
Problem: you can’t really complain about having to fight a war if you join the armed services.
- “But I signed up for the skiing and parachuting!”
- “Fair enough. Off the boat with you.”
She says,
"It's Tony Blair's fault. He sent all those troops out.
"If he hadn't sent them out [Anthony] would still be here. He shouldn't have done it."
No one responds,
“Well yes, but if the ‘insurgent’ hadn’t planted a bomb then Anthony would still be (t)here, and that seems like a much more immediate reason for his death. If Saddam Hussein hadn’t tyrannised the region then he would still be here. If… we can go back as far as you like. Most pertinently, if Anthony hadn’t signed up for the army then he would still be here.”
For his widow to be devastated and raging is natural; for the media to exploit her grief to take pot-shots at Blair is obscene.
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A soldier dies. It’s sad for his family. Where's the story?
Problem: you can’t really complain about having to fight a war if you join the armed services.
- “But I signed up for the skiing and parachuting!”
- “Fair enough. Off the boat with you.”
She says,
"It's Tony Blair's fault. He sent all those troops out.
"If he hadn't sent them out [Anthony] would still be here. He shouldn't have done it."
No one responds,
“Well yes, but if the ‘insurgent’ hadn’t planted a bomb then Anthony would still be (t)here, and that seems like a much more immediate reason for his death. If Saddam Hussein hadn’t tyrannised the region then he would still be here. If… we can go back as far as you like. Most pertinently, if Anthony hadn’t signed up for the army then he would still be here.”
For his widow to be devastated and raging is natural; for the media to exploit her grief to take pot-shots at Blair is obscene.
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