Blair Told to Refuse His US Honor (Congressional Medal)

[kskiska]

TONY Blair was last night under intense pressure from the Labour benches to turn down a prestigious Congressional Gold Medal from George Bush, the United States president, as the political fall-out from the Iraq conflict continued to bedevil the Prime Minister.

One back-bench Labour MP said accepting the honour would be like "taking an award from Satan" as speculation mounted at Westminster that Mr Blair would have to refuse the medal.

The decision to award the Prime Minister the highest accolade the US can confer on a foreigner has been approved by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, but no formal ceremony will take place when Mr Blair visits Washington on Thursday.

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However, there have been mutterings of discontent among Labour back-benchers this week as fury grew over Mr Blair’s widely-briefed acceptance of the award following the Iraq war as questions remain unanswered about the credibility of the reasons for the conflict.

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[DaneUSA]

1. Used

I think Blair was fooled by *.

[LifeDuringWartime]

6. definately

ive always thought that myself.

"accepting an award from Satan" <--awesome quote

[goforit]

7. You think so?

Hmmmmm.........

[GreenArrow]

8. Blair wasn't fooled

He knew what he was doing. Who knows why, but he knew.

[acmavm]

2. Notice the medal isn't called "The Congressional Medal of Honor"

because honor has nothing to do with it.

[bvar22]

3. If Tony had a shred of integrity left,

he would refuse the medal on his own without suggestions from his peers.

[AnnabelLee]

4. That backbencher believes in plain speaking

"As far as many of us are concerned, if Tony takes that medal it would be like taking an award from Satan."

Didn't we only used to hear comparisons of an American president to satan from extremists?:evilgrin:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Made me spit out my soda!

"..said accepting the honour would be like "taking an award from Satan"

As I wipe my monitor off, I must say I love Parliament. I wish the Senate was like that....

[goforit]

9. They certainly say what's on their minds!!!........Love it!!!

:bounce:

[Norton]

11. Blair either knew what he was doing or he didn't...

so he's either stupid or in league with Satan.
See Ya Tony!

[Old and In the Way]

10. What a great symbolic kick in the nuts to this administration....

Can even give our medals away. Really, what would this medal signify?

Going above and beyond ethical standards to provide ass cover for the AWOL unelected fraud?

[I AM SPARTACUS]

12. cue Lee Greenwood...

[BiggJawn]

13. But the Poodle needs a new dog-tag!

Doesn't he?

[Philosophy]

14. This is silly

Like I'm sure Blair was bribed into going along with *'s war on Iraq with the promise of a shiny medal.

[alfredo]

15. I think bush and blair

should have to share the same cell. I know it will be much worse for blair, but you do the crime, be ready to do the time.