But this is Tony Blair of course, a man damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. A man who, support him or not, undoubtedly changed the face of modern Britain (I would argue for the good, and I'm not exactly a raving Labourite).
A spokesman said Mr Blair would hand over the reported £4.6m advance payment plus all royalties to honour "their courage and sacrifice", an act which the legion said would make a "lasting difference".
Yet still, we continue to hear the same old tripe about "war crimes", "blood on his hands" and all this crap from ignorant, uninformed and hypocritical sources. I for one am sick to death of hearing "ex-servicemen" or "relatives of servicemen" coming out the woodwork and attacking Blair personally for sending the army to Iraq. I'm sorry, but you don't join the army to choose where you go. You don't join the army to sit around and be paid to do nothing. You join the army, out of choice, to fight for your country, to put your life on the line to protect the interests of the United Kingdom abroad and ultimately to follow orders from those elected representative with the wisdom, knowledge and intelligence.
I don't know what these people thought they were getting themselves into when they joined the army, but I'm pretty sure making political judgements certainly isn't one of them.
Peter Brierley, whose son Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley was killed in Iraq 2003, told the BBC News Channel:
"This gift, or donation doesn't alter my aim that one day we will see Tony Blair in court for the crimes he committed."If Mr Brierley would care to list these crimes with supporting evidence; mens rea, actus reus and the like, then I am more than happy to hear them. But the fact is it's nothing more than a load of bollocks and it shouldn't be given equal airtime. To make such uninformed, tragically ignorant comments is to tarnish the memory and reputation of those who have fallen fighting for our country and of an army which I am proud to call the best army in the world.
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