http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6978/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/well-bleat-again-alan-cowell-comes-out-against-afghan-war-vera-lynn-tribute <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Reporter Alan Cowell can&#039;t pay tribute to Britain&#039;s World War II songstress Vera Lynn without bringing up the war in Afghanistan where Britain is &quot;leeching the lives of the soldiers it sends there.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Alan Cowell's "Memo From London" Monday,<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/world/europe/21britain.html" target="_self">In War and </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/world/europe/21britain.html">Hardship, Relishing a Taste of Nostalgia</a>," was a profile of famed World War II British songstress Vera Lynn, who ascended to the top of the British music charts last week with an anthology of her old songs. ButCowell justcouldn't let the moment stand without injecting some of his own familiaranti-war sentiments: </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/well-bleat-again-alan-cowell-comes-out-against-afghan-war-vera-lynn-tribute" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Afghanistan AlanCowell MusicTonyBlair NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org VeraLynn Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0000 admin 7088 at http://archive2.mrc.org