My apologies to Oliver but hard to do this thread without mentioning the 'G' word.
It made headline news today on the bbc website.
Quote:
The prime minister told ITV1's Parkinson chat show: "If you believe in God (the judgement) is made by God."
Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq, said Mr Blair was "using God as a get-out for total strategic failure" and his comments were "abhorrent".
Mr Keys' son, Lance Corporal Tom Keys, was one of six Red Caps killed by an Iraqi mob in Majar Al-Kabir in June 2003.
Mr Keys, the founder of campaign group Military Families Against The War, said going to war had been a "catastrophic political blunder".
Are we really seeing over 100 coffins coming back because God told him to go to war?
He accused Mr Blair of "jumping on the same bandwagon" as US President George W Bush, who has claimed that he decided to invade Iraq because he was on a "mission from God".
Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Basra in 2004, said: "A good Christian wouldn't be for this war.
"I'm actually quite disgusted by the comments. It's a joke."
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