Posted on 10/14/2009 5:04:49 PM PDT by americanophile
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, mounted a direct attack on the Government over the invasion and occupation of Iraq when he used a national memorial service commemorating the servicemen killed in the conflict to accuse Tony Blair and his ministers of failing to “measure the price” of military action.
Delivering his address in St Paul's Cathedral before a congregation including the Queen, Gordon Brown and Mr Blair himself, the spiritual head of the Church of England accused the former prime minister of indulging in rhetoric before the 2003 invasion, while leaving ordinary servicemen and women to pick up the pieces in a campaign which went on to last six years and claim 179 British lives.
”When such conflict appeared on the horizon, there were those among both policy-makers and commentators who were able to talk about it without really measuring the price,” he said. “Perhaps we have learned something – if only that there is a time to keep silence, a time to let go of the satisfyingly overblown language that is so tempting for human beings when war is in the air.”
Mr Blair, who was sitting in the second row with his wife, Cherie, was forced to sit in silence as the Archbishop described the “chaotic, ravaged society” that resulted from the occupation.
He went on: “The moral credibility of any country engaged in war depends a lot less on the rhetoric of politicians and commentators than on the capacity of every serving soldier.
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Rowan has no clue what life is like in the muslim world, especially for non-muslims.
complete moral idiot
Funny that “spiritual leaders” nowadays are completely preoccupied with material things.
Can the Queen still have people drawn and quartered? I think I saw somewhere that it is still the law.
She could sure as hell fire his ass...I don’t know why she doesn’t!
The world truly has gone mad...
I am assuming you mean Rowan...? :)
I actually think he’s either tremendously scared about muslims, or he’s started to lose his mind.
He should have stood up and walked out.
This is the guy that wants to incorporate sharia law into the UK’s legal system? Says they should go ahead and do it because it’s inevitable anyway?
“Rowan the Fuzzy”
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
...we have a winner!
Rowan Williams once again shows that he should be excommunicated.
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