George Galloway Says It Would Be "Morally Justified" To Assassinate Tony Blair

Hmm...

The Respect MP George Galloway has said it would be morally justified for a suicide bomber to murder Tony Blair.

In an interview with GQ magazine, the reporter asked him: "Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber - if there were no other casualties - be justified as revenge for the war on Iraq?"

Mr Galloway replied: "Yes, it would be morally justified. I am not calling for it - but if it happened it would be of a wholly different moral order to the events of 7/7. It would be entirely logical and explicable. And morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq - as Blair did."

...

He said: "These comments take my breath away. Every time you think he can't sink any lower he goes and stuns you again. It's reprehensible to say it would be justified for a suicide bomber to assassinate anyone."

So, if I have this right, if someone doesn't like a politician, and considers him a force for evil in the world, he's wholly justified in killing that politician?

I hope Galloway understands the implications of the rules of engagement he's suggesting.

Meanwhile, he continues speaking jihadi:

Mr Galloway yesterday made a surprise appearance on Cuban television with the Caribbean island's Communist dictator, Fidel Castro - whom he defended as a "lion" in a political world populated by "monkeys".

Mr Galloway shocked panellists on a live television discussion show in Havana by emerging on set mid-transmission to offer passionate support for Castro. Looking approvingly into each others' eyes, the pair embraced.

"Monkey." "Lion." He's only playing to the Al Jazeera crowd at this point, eh?

posted by Ace at 10:50 AM

| Access Comments