It has been reported on the scotsman.com that the leader of the Scotish National Party has condemms Tony Blair and his looking to god for justification of going to war in Iraq and calls for his impeachment and a parlimentary inquiry.
Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond joined the condemnation of Tony Blair’s assertion that he would be judged by God over his decision to go to war in Iraq.
Mr Salmond told a party meeting in Perth that Mr Blair did not look divinely inspired but “troubled, confused and with a great deal on his conscience”.
“God was not the co-author of the war in Iraq – George W Bush was the co-author.” he said.
“If the Prime Minister is prepared to be judged by the people and by God, then in the meantime perhaps he would submit himself to the proper judgment of Parliament by agreeing to the demand for impeachment and a parliamentary inquiry.”
Tony Blair’s comments, in an interview with Michael Parkinson, provoked a furious response from some of the families of servicemen killed in the conflict
Rose Gentle, whose son 19-year-old Scottish soldier Gordon, of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, was killed in Basra in 2004, said she was “quite disgusted” at Mr Blair’s remarks.
“How can he say he is a Christian? A Christian would never put people out there to be killed.
“A good Christian wouldn’t be for this war. I’m actually quite disgusted by the comments. It’s a joke,” she said.
Reg Keys, from North Wales, the father of Lance Corporal Tom Keys, a Royal Military policeman who was one of six Red Caps killed by an Iraqi mob in Majar Al-Kabir in Iraq in June 2003, said he found Mr Blair’s words “abhorrent”.
I could not agree more, why on earth he made these comments I do not know, he must have realized the arguements this is going to start and imagine how the Muslims are going to hate the fact that the Christian God was involved in the decission to go to war. Could this be the start of a new ‘Holy War’?