My son died for a lie

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Gordon wanted to be a soldier to defend his country

Rose Gentle
Wednesday September 29, 2004
The Guardian

Tony Blair says we are now fighting a "new war" in Iraq. That may suit him, to distract people from questions about the "old war" there. The one which killed my son Gordon at the age of 19. Sent to Iraq with just six months training at Catterick, with inadequate protection, he was killed by a bomb in Basra in June.

Gordon wanted to be a soldier to defend his country. Not to die in a war of aggression. My family is one of nearly 70 grieving for a lost son because of this war. Two more families joined the list yesterday. Many more of our soldiers are suffering from serious injuries.

Some people say that soldiers have to expect to die or be injured when they sign up for the armed services. Maybe so. But they also have the right to expect that they will only be sent to fight for a proper cause, by a government which tells the truth.

These poor boys are being sent to Iraq to die for this government's lies. Where are the chemical and nuclear weapons they were supposed to be looking for? And if the war was about upholding the UN, why has the UN secretary general now said it is unlawful? Blair hasn't answered that either.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1314910,00.html

[peacetalksforall]

1. So someone remind me why Blair was given an approval to remain

in office.

And what about the mother's phrase "with inadequate protection"? Were British soldiers also sent into war without adequate protection? The leaders of two predominantly anglo, christian,warring nations sent their children to war without adequate protection? Guess we both spent all our money on space toys and spying machines and mega personal data bases.