Saturday, September 08, 2012

I agree with Desmond Tutu



The Nobel Peace Prize laureate wrote in an op-ed for The Observer that the ex-leaders should be made to answer for their actions in going to war in Iraq.  Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.  Tutu, the retired Anglican Church's archbishop of South Africa, wrote in an op-ed piece for The Observer newspaper that the ex-leaders of Britain and the United States should be made to "answer for their actions."

The Iraq war "has destabilized and polarized the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history," wrote Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1984.  "Those responsible for this suffering and loss of life should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in the Hague," he added.

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Yes, Blair and Bush and a whole lot of other people should be called to the Hague and made to answer for their crimes – their very serious crimes.  But it seems the Hague is only for criminals who are African. 

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