Monday, December 29, 2003

The Archbishop of York has some harsh words for Tony Blair regarding his decision to go into Iraq. He urges people to "spend more time praying for Tony Blair". Part of the Archbishop's reasoning for thinking Blair needs help is that he seemed to attack only one bad guy, therefore the war was illegitimate.

Referring to Iraq, he said: "We still have not found any weapons of mass destruction anywhere. Are we likely to find any? Does that alter the view as to whether we really ought to have mounted the invasion or not?

"Undoubtedly, a very wicked leader has been removed, but there are wicked leaders in other parts of the world."


Can someone please explain to me the moral basis for this argument based on Christian theology? I mean, why give hunger relief to Ethiopians when there are other countries where people are starving? Right?

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