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| Bishop: Iraq war will unleash evil |
| 2002-12-23 |
| The Bishop of Bath and Wells today became the latest leading religious figure to speak out against war in Iraq, warning that it would unleash "evil" across the Middle East. We certainly wouldn't want to unleash "evil" across an area that's so conspicuously free of it, would we? The Rt Rev Peter Price appealed to the prime minister, Tony Blair, to consider the sanctity of human life which would be threatened by US-led action. It's much more sacred than the people Sammy bumps off... The Perhaps Sammy might consider "surrender"? That would save an awful lot of lives, wouldn't it? But Bishop Price said today: "I think that there is very little doubt at the present time that this is not a question of last resort." "Oh, I don't think he'd do that..." "There doesn't continue to be any serious evidence of an immediate threat of Saddam Hussein using any weapons of mass destruction that he may have." "And even if he does, he'll probably just kill a bunch of wogs. Doubt if it'll be anybody we know." "And there is the continuing danger that if we go to war against him, he will be tempted so to use this to lead to a much wider conflict whose ends are not predictable," he told the Today programme. Perhaps His Emminence could hire a clairvoyant or something, and keep his nose out of national policy. (About as much chance of that happening as Sammy surrendering.) |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 These guys (the bishop) would just as well be pleased letting people suffer all over the world, just in the name of avoiding a war. I wonder if guys like this would EVER stand up to the face of evil? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-23 16:19:14 |
| #2 Just another useful idiot. |
| Posted by: Denny 2002-12-23 11:02:46 |
| #1 When the dust settles and Iraqis are dancing in the streets and we learn of minimal causalties will this Biship of Bath stand up and say "I was wrong". Or will he remove the statments from his server and hope nobody remembers. I bet he said the same thing about the bombing of the Taliban. |
| Posted by: Ruprecht 2002-12-23 10:48:11 |