(UK) Mother of Iraq victim 'sick' to be in same room (as Tony Blair)

[sabra]

Source: Independent UK

The mother of a 19-year-old soldier killed in Iraq finally sat a few feet away from Tony Blair today, years after trying to confront the ex-premier - and found herself feeling "sick" with emotion.

Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in June 2004, managed to get a ticket at the last minute to be in the same room as Mr Blair during his questioning by the Chilcot inquiry.

She was not among the family members of those killed in action originally drawn in a ballot for tickets to see today's session.

But when she arrived at the QEII conference centre in Westminster this morning, she learned that she would be allowed into the same room as Mr Blair after all.

She accused Mr Blair of being "smarmy" and of refusing to acknowledge any of the scores of military families who attended today's hearing.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mother-of-iraq-victim-sick-to-be-in-same-room-1883348.html

[Solly Mack]

1. Blair said if the military didn't have everything they needed for invading Iraq that it was their

own fault because they said they were ready (back before the invasion)...so that means all scenarios they met (lack of water, chaos, destroyed infrastructure etc.) was their own fault and not his.

[47of74]

2. Crap doesn't fall far from the back side

[Gregorian]

3. What Blair/Bush did was far far worse than anything Saddam could have ever done.

Not to mention a war crime.

I want these assholes behind bars. It will be a long long wait, I'm afraid.

[bvar22]

4. "smarmy" ... good discription of Tony Blair.

I used to think he was "dapper".

[dipsydoodle]

5. Unfortunate understatement though.

x(

Dapper ? Get a life.........:)

[Octafish]

6. May history remember the little sidekick to treason as a 'dapper, smarmy poodle.'

The guy went along with a lie to make war on innocent people.

That's a war crime -- and I don't care how much BP pumps out of Rumaila.

[bvar22]

8. "Smarmy, dapper, WAR CRIMINAL"

Works for me.

[StarryNite]

7. I don't blame her for feeling sick.

How do you ever get over the fact that your child was killed for nothing?! And these guilty assholes feel no remorse!

[M155Y_A1CH]

9. Such a sad situation. n/t

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