Blair faces critics from pulpit and public as Britain remembers Iraq


	Blair faces critics from pulpit and public as Britain remembers Iraq

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10-10-2009 6:29 AM

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10-10-2009 1:14 PM

Steve Savage

TONY THE PHONY
by Steve Savage "King of the Beasts"

There once was a Blair named Tony,
Whose reasons for war were baloney.
Though he had Bush's back for the attack on Iraq;
He's now snubbed in the Pubs as a phony.

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