Another British soldier - a para - dies in Basra today. Is Blair and Brown still proud?

Question

I find those unemocratically elected leaders such as Bush and Blair tiresome. The British people never wanted war. Who the hell are those jerks to defy our will. It is daily carnage in Iraq. And yes...I am an ex-soldier

Brown was apparantly against the war at first, but caved in to Blair's desires out of fear. What a cnut!

Glad your man is okay Emzie.

Answer 1

I think pride does not come into the equasion.How can it when thousands of innocent iraqi men women and children have perished.British soldiers were sent to a war that was based on lies and propaganda.The casualties of war are but a name and number to the heads of government.They can never feel the pain and suffering of the families that are left grieving.They might as well say "we lied, and for that you died"How can they possibly be proud of that.Ashamed is what they should feel...but somehow i doubt that they do.

Answer 2

Blair and Brown are feeling guilty hense the tax relief our forces will apparently recieve at the end of operational tours i am sorry but my hubby had to spend £600 before he deployed on kit he is using crap equpiment and our goverment are talking about pulling out they have realised they shouldnt have got involved and will never win this war blair and brown dont care as they dont live with the horrors BRING OUR BOYS HOME

Answer 3

I imagine they are very proud of British troops. I am..

If you believe the war is right or wrong it doesn't really matter what does is that the family of the soldier who died are looked after and supported through there loss not used to argue if troops should or not be in Iraq.

Answer 4

My hubby is a para, he went to Iraq for six months..and came back in one piece (thankfully!)
The Brits should have left that country a long time ago!
My hubby does his job, yes but he doesn't have to agree with it..he hated it out in Iraq, but Blair is so far up Bush's bum that he doesn't seem to care about them coming home in body bags, it's about time he concentrated on the state of Britain rather than other countries!

Answer 5

I am a service wife and my hubby has been to Iraq twice and is due to go to Afghan for the second time....I was against the REASONING behind the war.
I am proud I couldn't give a stuff what the others think. aLL OUR LADS DO A GD JOB AND SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AS DOING SOO.

Answer 6

I do not think Brown has been an avid supporter of this invasion. However Blair clearly has. I doubt another death will change his zealous approach one jot. God protect us from zealots

Answer 7

I find this type of Question Depressing and Tiresome - of course they are not proud , in fact the very opposite , but in reality what option have our leaders of the "Free World" got but to continue with the present Job in hand , when the Lunatics in the Middle East are continuing with their Procurement and Development of Nuclear Weaponry , for the purpose of destroying the Western World .

Answer 8

smug all the way i know to lads in the forces that are on there on a second rotation (cannon fodder) just so they can say they made a stand they should be tried for war crimes............saddam had to go but it could of been done with a sniper not thousands of troops

Answer 9

ONE, just one. I doubt that would even warrant a memo!!

I think it needs to be in the hundreds before they even try to show the slightest bit of indifference..

Answer 10

They're neither proud nor ashamed, I suspect. Try 'indifferent.'