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- "We were with you at the first. We will stay with you to the last." - Morrissey November 17, 2020, 7:40 pm
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- "We were with you at the first. We will stay with you to the last." - Morrissey November 17, 2020, 7:40 pm
Posted by Morrissey
on November 17, 2020, 7:40 pm, in reply to "Blair: Getting involved in the Iraq war was 'chips on the table'"
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Blair addresses the Labour Party conference, Oct. 2001... It was a tragedy. An act of evil. From this nation, goes our deepest sympathy and prayers for the victims and our profound solidarity with the American people. We were with you at the first. We will stay with you to the last. Just two weeks ago, in New York, after the church service I met some of the families of the British victims. It was in many ways a very British occasion. Tea and biscuits. It was raining outside. Around the edge of the room, strangers making small talk, trying to be normal people in an abnormal situation. And as you crossed the room, you felt the longing and sadness; hands clutching photos of sons and daughters, wives and husbands; imploring you to believe them when they said there was still an outside chance of their loved ones being found alive, when you knew in truth that all hope was gone. And then a middle-aged mother looks you in the eyes and tells you her only son has died, and asks you: why? ad nauseam... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/oct/02/labourconference.labour6 |
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