Tutu: Iraq war "immoral" mistake

[candy331]

The world is a less safe place according to Tutu, seems I heard these same words from Dean did I not?

Tutu: Iraq war 'immoral' mistake
Monday, February 16, 2004 Posted: 7:48 PM EST (0048 GMT)

Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Saying the United States and Britain must regain international credibility, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has urged George Bush and Tony Blair to admit they made a mistake in launching an "immoral war" in Iraq.

The world is a less safe place than before, the church leader said.

"How wonderful if politicians could bring themselves to admit they are only fallible human creatures, and not God, and thus by definition can make mistakes," Tutu said in a speech in London on Monday.

"Weak and insecure people hardly ever say, 'Sorry.' It is large-hearted and courageous people who are not diminished by saying, 'I made a mistake.'

President Bush and Mr Blair would recover considerable credibility and respect if they were able to say, 'Yes, we made a mistake,'" he said.

The nobel laureate criticized the leaders for justifying the war by saying it was necessary to oust Saddam Hussein, rhetoric that has intensified since no weapons of mass destruction had been found.

Saying he holds "no grief for Saddam Hussein

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[edzontar]

1. An immoral mistake--supported by too many Dems

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