British Vet Attacked Outside Pub: ‘Fu***** Shoot All You Bastards’
- Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:02pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A British Royal Air Force veteran was beaten outside a Manchester pub yesterday in an apparent anti-military attack.
Anthony O’Brien, 69, said he was punched and head butted after returning from a pub where he was discussing funeral arrangements with friends for a fellow veteran.
“I saw these two lads and, as I got near, they started shouting and swearing,” O’Brien told The Sun. “They were shouting, ‘F****** shoot all you bastards and blow your soldiers up. Death to all soldiers.’ I was scared.”
O’Brien said the attackers singled him out after they saw him wearing his RAF blazer and poppy, articles he said he wears “proudly.”
“I thought they were drunk or something,” he explained. “I told them to leave me alone but the little fella hit me on the side of my head. Then the other fella head-butted me. Then they ran away.”
The attack has left O’Brien in a wheelchair.
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Comments (153)
Islesfordian
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:23pmI know that area of Manchester. I’ll be going back there in the spring. I don’t remember things like this happening. It seems a lid has come off.
Report Post »rbagala
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:21pmBritish cities are well equipped with outside security cameras. I hope they caught these two cowards. The war is far from over. I believe the war in Afghanistan will metastasize into Manchester and when these thugs are eligible they will be recruited to fight an ever expanding war.
In the meantime I hope those security cameras caught their profile and justice will put them in prison where they will learn to be a b***h for some prisoner.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:18pmThis youth was a progressive.
Report Post »Exodus78
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:50pmI don’t know what the youth was. I don’t know what he believes. I do know it sounds very liberal. It is sad to see such hate coming from the youth of this world. I know about hate, I was nearly consumed by it when I was a teen. Lord have mercy on all involved, and may those teens get saved!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:08pmSounds like the kind of bastard punks we have here. I imagine they would crap their pants rather than pick on someone their own age.
Report Post »ham4MoHAMmed
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:08pmSimply another tradgic case of the ISLAMIZE Europe! insitute 2nd ammendment Gun rights especally for Brit Veterans! and then send the rag headed carpet flyers to hell in the new year!
Report Post »Happy New Year!
Allah AKbar!
BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:42amHam4mohammed, your post is exactly on target. The Europeans have PCed themselves into a corner and now it appears to be happening here in the United States. Go to oregonlive.com for example and get a taste of their editorial position on Islam and terrorists. The spread of the disease of Islam within our borders is pernicious and it needs to be addressed before we end up like the UK, Denmark, France, Germany etc.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:50amHam4mohammed, your post is exactly on target. The Europeans have PCed themselves into a corner and now it appears to be happening here in the United States. Go to oregonlive.com for example and get a taste of their editorial position on Islam and terrorists; typical PC horse manure spread thicker than sgt.crusty’s skull. The spread of the disease of Islam within our borders is pernicious and it needs to be addressed before we end up like the UK, Denmark, France, Germany etc.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:03pmpack mentality, none of these youths are man enough to go one on one. look at our Marine and his wife down in Florida, mobbed by a pack of hooting vicious jungle animals.
Report Post »ridgerunner316
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:59pmThey are some real brave souls, to attack a man that old. I would have no qualms to send them to a “better life” as Rutger Hauer’s character Wolfgar stated in “Nighthawks”. Unfortunately, one cannot carry firearms in jolly ol’ England, but most of us over here can. I’m 12 years younger than the British troop, but still gray haired and hobbling; however, I have at least 2 on me at all times and my wife has one, also. Nearly 30 years of law enforcement taught me what awaits the unwary on the streets. I also fire 50-300 rounds per week, just to make sure of the consistency of my trigger press and the location of the front sight on center mass. Job benefit of working for a gun shop with a range, I guess…..
Report Post »ColoradoTaxpayer
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:16pmLIKE <<>> up (since the Blaze can’t seem to get that in their software.)
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 9:33am300 rounds a week is probably overkill; but, it’s your money.
Also, don‘t forget to memorize your lawyer’s number and call it once a week to verify your memory.
If you ever have to shoot somebody, the first person, after 9-1-1, to call will be your lawyer.
You may also want to make sure your cell phone can call two numbers at once; so, while your waiting on 9-1-1 you can call your lawyer.
It’s not so much about possible charges, as about probable lawsuit.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:01amI also carry,
Report Post »I would rather deal with any legal issues than have my family deal with funeral arrangements!
Make sure you shoot to kill – wounding will only guarantee law suits.
Tacitus42
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:55pmWho is John Galt?
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:40pmI am John Galt!
Report Post »tess q
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:51pmungrateful little twits. send them on a extended vacation to north korea!
Report Post »The Bees
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:49pmLet me find those little sniveling cowards. The won’t be bothering my comrades at arms anymore. Respond here you sniveling vermin…….
Report Post »zagfan
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:48pmEngland has the most out door cameras of any where in the world. Hopefully, they have them on camera and can bring them in for a little “tune up” at the police barracks! I feel sorry for the elder gentlemen..it’s a sad day when a man can not walk on the street with out taking a beating!
Report Post »macman78
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:47pmReligion of peace.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 9:22amGive or take Sharia law. Eliminate Sharia law, and it could become a true religion of peace, someday.
Report Post »PhilipJames
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:35pmIs The Blaze too politically correct or chickspoop to mention that the news article also says this…
(which probably means they are Muslims)
“The suspects were described as Asian or mixed race.”
Report Post »Proud American in Buffalo
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:52pmAre you aware that the largest Muslim population in that world is in Thailand which the last time I checked is an ASIAN Country.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:27pmIndonesia not Thailand.
Report Post »Silat
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:23pmThe British soldiers will hunt these little ****** down and stomp the life out of them.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:23pmSir, I am only sorry I wasn’t there to help teach a couple of young thugs some respect for men in uniform.
Report Post »Silat
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:22pmSend those little coward bastards over here and we’ll deal with them.
Report Post »In Texas we can shoot the little bastards. It is called self defense.
AZBOB
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:25pmDon’t let Texas have all the fun, send some down here.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:22pmGeorgia will take ‘em, too.
Report Post »gr8photoman
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:36pm…and Tennessee.
Report Post »old guy in SC
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:51pmSave us some…
Report Post »auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:22pmThis poor man…. I just want to cry.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 9:54amCrying is not a solution – We need to vote – And if they still do not do the will of the people
Report Post »we need to take action.
Remember 2012
ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:21pmWatch the Movie Harry Brown. This guy is Harry Brown! A retired old vet who watched the decline of his neighborhood and was afraid to go out on walks. His friend (also a vet) gets killed by a mob of youth after standing up to them because they had picked on the old man for the last time. This is a sad state of affairs. I worry about how I will be treated when I am elderly, that is many years off but I can see that future and it does not look pretty.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:21pmAgreed Chief. I’m at the mid-life point. It is stunning to consider how much this country has changed in my lifetime alone. I have no doubt that today’s youth will have no issue with “mercy” killing the elderly because of their drain on resources. They grew up on violence in movies and video games and have trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality.
God help us and have mercy on us!
Report Post »butler180
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:17pmThe English should man up and stop being political correct and defend their Vets. The fault lies with the politicians and the nutty press
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:31pmAgreed. “Great” Britain, my a$$!
Report Post »DSTSS2010
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:13pmThis is just a sign of the beginng of the Socialist/Communist/Entitled new order. I notice they didn’t attack a young/physically fit soldier.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:13pmScum of the F-ing earth…To attack a 70 year old…Or a man and his wife outside a theater…Makes me want to go back to my pre-Christian days and murder the A-holes…
This was in England, they are already screwed…But those of us in the US need to take heed. Move to a state with decent gun laws and take a class. Get your concealed carry permit. The law tries most of the time, God bless the good ones who put themselves in danger daily, but your best protection is yourself. While the Boy Scout dude in here may be annoying with his “BE PREPARED” line after every post, in this case it is the best advice there is. Be prepared…
Report Post »roseofsharon
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:42pm“Be prepared” is right! And it’s on both sides of the pond- That 92 yr old man was just tied up and robbed in the States. It wasn’t because he was a vet, but because he’s old and an easy target..
Report Post »I see it’s time to lock and load.
LVMerrily
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:13pmWhat was done to this poor man reflects a world-wide epidemic. The problem in the world is the lack of respect and an over-whelming entitlement mentality. Chances are they don’t respect their parents, or themselves . . . how much of a chance does anyone else have? Maybe AZ Sheriff Apayo could write a manual for discipline camps these punks don’t get at home.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:18pmWe are reaping the rewards of liberalism. We are reaping the rewards of tolerance.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:20pmGive these little creetins who did this over to the British SAS and have some tar and featheres at the ready, the results are fairly impressive.
Report Post »clockn63
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:43pmExactly what I thought when reading this LVMerrily. Most young adults have very little if any respect for anyone, excpecially the ederly. Most have nerver wanted for a damn thing and feel entitled to everything.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:28pmI witnessed some union thugs assaulting a veteran at a Kerry-Edwards rally in 2004. The left has a real problem with people who actually serve their country, don’t they?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:30pmWarphead,
A+ for dead-on accuracy!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 9:45amWarhead,
Report Post »I agree – very simple and elegant!
Bluefish49
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:08pmIt takes a real punk to beat up a 70 year old man. This is why I believe in the right to carry and Karma.
Report Post »Knight Templar
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:21pmIf that annoys you, as it does me, check this out. Some don’t need to carry.http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/22/67-year-old-vietnam-vet-shows-the-world-hes-still-got-it-video/
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:46pmWOW Knight, I’ve not seen that one!!! That’s a bad mammajamma!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:20pmKnight Templar,
Thanks for that, I’m laughing my ass off!!!
Report Post »VermontPatriot
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:31pmVideo 1. That boy was leaking! LOL.
Video 2. LMAO! That was phenomenal.
Video 3. Didn’t take them uniforms too
Report Post »long to put the tazer to the old boy!
J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:06pmI think some in the British Army need some running idiots for a “live fire” exercise.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:12pmAgreed; any chance I can join them?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:00pmI have no strong opinion about the story but I would like to know how a story about something that happened in GB can be turned around by many of you to be the fault of Obama or the liberals in the US. That doesn’t make sense to me! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 9:08amOn opinion, really? Interesting …. It’s never ok to attack someone like that. Armies fight wars. If you don’t like it, don’t join. If you dislike wars, stop disarming; so, despots won’t see civilized nations as being weak enough to attack. Also, why did you vote for Obama, if you have no opinion about a solder getting attacked off duty, in his home country; after, Obama promised to invade Pakistan? Perhaps you liked his flippant attitude regarding wars and their costs. Anyway, I don’t see this story being about Obama; but, if his name comes up, he’s going to be discussed.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:05pmMore of Mohammed’s liberal progressives.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:12pmComing again to America; where the ones defending our freedoms will be turned upon just as they were when Vietnam ended.
NOT on MY WATCH if I can help it!!!
I clap for all veterans in uniform I see, and thank them for a job well done and the sacrifices they are willing to make for our country.
Report Post »Sgt.Crust
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:18pmThose two twits need to be de-nutted! They could only beat up an old man, freaking bunch of socialist scum! Let London burn for all I care!
Marcobob69
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:28pmTwo swarthy little sh@theads that have no respect. That is what this world is coming to. And the progressives wonder why Muslims are disliked here and abroad.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:33pmA random attack, vile and disgusting, but why is this reported here? Look at all these stories Beck puts here. It appears he’s trying to build a case to support his wild ideas about the end of Western civilization.
Glenn, your scheme is transparent. This is why you’re regarded as a fear monger.
Sgt.Crust
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:41pmISNUTS, and you are a blow hard!
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:43pmBecause I’m sure Beck puts all this up himself, right?
Report Post »This is why you libs are regarded as ignorant and intolerant of the truth.
roostercogburn
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:45pmSad, this is what the progressive libriatrds will keep doing unless they are stopped, between them and the peace loving muslims we all need to wake up before it’s too late.
Report Post »roseofsharon
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:45pmWe‘re seeing what’s happening out there nut-man. It’s not fear mongering, it‘s WHAT’S HAPPENING.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:50pmHa! My old friend Beckisnutsisnuts!!!
Glad to see you made it through Christmas! I was worried that you might have been the one who cut loose in the Mormon temple parking lot the other day.
Listen, you know, you may actually be right! I have noticed that the Blaze seems to pick a “theme of the day” and will run two or more related stories at the same time! Wonder what is up with that?
You think Beck is preparing us for the end of western civilization? Or maybe for the second coming? Hmmm…I just don’t see it…I think he simply points out how the world is in a tailspin…Would you argue that?
I wonder how much influence Beck has on what is posted here? He is a busy guy, you know…I do not get the impression he is a micro-manager…I think he lets people run with the ball. Right to fail and all that…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:54pmI think STARMAN70 is correct .. look what was left out of the article .. who were these “two’ thugs .. I would have to say since it WASN’T said .. Muslim youth. — yes then they “ran away” sounds about right .. COWARDS beating up an old man and a VET at that! I hope they go and brag and someone turns their butts in!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:17pmOh, yeah, man, we’re so brave! We’re so anti-military that we’ll take on anybody over 65 and beat him to a pulp! Two against one, man! Yep, we’re so cool, we’re just strutting our stuff here! Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
Report Post »Into The Night
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:18pmYeah Beck! Why do you put all these negative stories up about ignorant liberals and their anti-military rants? Heck, I bet you were actually behind the attack on this man. You punched him yourself, then reported on it. I’m on to you Mr. Beck!
Please follow all the other media outlets that report on crazy wackos in the Tea Party… you know, the “crazies” that want government out of their lives…
pajamash
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:44pmHey nutty. So if The Sun reports this are they espousing ‘ideas about the end of Western civilization’ as well?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3319832/Kill-soldiers-thugs-beat-up-RAF-hero-Anthony-OBrien-69.html
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:54pmThis is a sad reality in the EU. They hate those who protect them because they the live in a Utopian never, never land.
Which home is more likely to be invaded: a home with a peace symbol on the door or a home with an NRA Member sticker on the door?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:59pmHey ISNUTS
Typical lib progressive response. Can’t deal with truth and reality so you attack the messanger. Such a cop out. That’s OK. When it all falls apart, we know who will be screaming the loudest. I know…call your lawyer.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:43pmThis is likely to happen here soon.
We had a family member come home for two weeks for Christmas. Well, almost for Christmas, he had to fly back to Afghanistan on the 24th…Christmas eve. Anyway, the day he came home he told us a very upsetting story about he and some of his fellow soldiers who were accosted by protestors at the Atlanta Airport. The protestors were allowed to get within touching distance as the soldiers came into the terminal. They kept yelling profanities in their faces and calling them ‘baby killers’ just like the jack-asses did during the Vietnam War. The very last soldier in the line of them got spit on his back. Of course when he turned to confront whoever did it, all the protestors started yelling “I did it” in unison, daring the soldier to do something about it. That’s when security finally stepped in and told the soldiers to move along.
(WHY SECURITY DID NOT MOVE BACK THE SCUM-BAG PROTESTORS IS BEYOND ME)
If this continues, I will put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Obama administration. If they know this is happening he should be go public and condemn these protestors. And if that doesn’t stop this behavior, “we the people” should show up at our airports to protect our returning soldiers. The soldiers are told to stay out of trouble so they do not retaliate and act like the professionals they are, “we the people” though don’t have that restraint.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:56pmBeckisnuts: Cool it. Your bias leans towards the “all conservatices have a brain disease” story. My grandfather had an adage, you can lead horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. You prefer to think everything is okay, that America is exempted from the laws of economics. You are entitled to your opinion and I, for one, hope you are correct.
Report Post »Unfortunately, there is nothing new in history. Kings and Princes are the norm. If you just print money it is just a matter of time until it hyperinflates. Hyperinflation causes the prices of goods and services to go up. Lib’s have a handy Thesarus, give it a new term, and we have never seen it before. They might be that stupid, but a lot of us aren’t.
Wake up, look at real facts, not nonsense facts (called government accounting). Realize that in the history of the world, the American dollar has survived the longest as an unbacked paper currency without hyperinflation. If you don’t know history, you are doomed to repeat it.
We will not be able to avoid the party they are throwing for us.
chuck_wagon
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:01pmHey numbnuts, if Glen doesn’t report it who will? The liberal media? Right.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:10pmBeckIsNuts,
Look young lady, it’s time you ran along to your favorite Justin Beiber Facebook site and make your childish claims there.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:12pmthe brits are totally fkd up….you ever wonder why we won in 1776 ! these aholes never learn….
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:41pmPatriotDave, thanks for sharing that story even though it ****** me off.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:49pm@ GUYPERREM Yeah, MY Grampa had an addage too: “you eff with the bull, you get the horns” SSSSSHHHHHH! let the ******* lie. When it all hits the fan, WE will be getting OURS.
Report Post »newt
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:10pmi missed the part naming them as muslims…
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:27pmA few years ago in downtown Seattle, I encountered a group of thugs attempting to set small American flags on fire that were being handed out by Old Navy sales associates. I immediately confronted them and was attacked. Several citizens came to my aid and we put the beat down on these idiots which resulted in several arrests. Guess who was arrested? Me and two other gentlemen that came to my aid. The thugs ran off, so I guess they were not too hurt but we all were arrested then later released with a warning to let the police handle these situations and never interfere unless we are being attacked personally.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:48pmMr O’brien … God be with you and get well soon… Takes alot of balls to beat up a seventy year old man… Tell you what you gutless scumbag micro willy wankers… I’m in my fiftys, why don’t you try that with me? PLEASE…But befor you do though, make your wills out and kiss your mamas good bye.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:35pmThepatriotdave – Thank you for sharing your story about the protesters at the Atlanta Airport. As a multiple military family member this angers me so much. I am sorry that this happened to your family member. As Americans, we swore we would never let this venomous, anti military attitude (from the Vietnam War) happen to another American Soldier. And yet it does happen. In St Louis, one of our radio stations has many volunteer “greeters” meet soldiers to welcome them home so, hopefully, this won’t happen here. Once, recently, a protester spat in the face of a soldier walking near the USO at Lambert. We now have a different military. This soldier squared himself up & spat back with full force. You should have seen the look on the protester’s face. Doubt he’ll ever do that again. I only weigh 105 lbs, but so help me God, if I ever see someone disrespecting a soldier in any way, I will attack. I am very loud when I get mad. God bless you & your family.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:51pmWhat a bunch of chicken sh#%$. Sucker punch an older vet who fought for their freedom. sad.
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:59pm@CATB.
Report Post »The link in the article described them as Asians or mixed race.
IMO. methinks the mixed race comment is a misnomer for Moslems.
Gotta remember, this is an extremely politically correct country
thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:25pmMelvin Spittle,
You did the right and honorable thing to do. Thank you!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:28pmdontbotherme,
Thank you. I will be sure to pass on your thoughts. I know they will be appreciated.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:22amYou Beck sheeple never fail to disappoint. Glenneth curiously fails to have his little website run many other stories that are truly newsworthy. And the glaring omission of the story on the vile polygamist Warren Jeffs is a prime example. The Blaze seems to have a mission, and their goal is obvious: keep Beck’s audience frothing at the mouth and agitated! Besides insuring a revenue stream via this website, Beck Enterprises can also keep his devoted followers focused on his paranoid, religion-fueled, end times delusion while he’s off spending their money on his lavish lifestyle.
T-shirts, mugs, ghost-written books, useless crapola merchandise by the cart load, Insider Extreme membership fees and now a rip-off of The Drudge Report website. Ain’t the end times grand!? It seems Glenneth will go to any length to compensate for the huge loss in sponsors.
And with the sizeable fall in ratings, perhaps it‘s wise for Beck to grab all the cash he can while the grabbing’s good.
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