Tony Blair was a religious man with seemly conflicted interests of wealth and power. The journalist Alastair Campbell’s states Blair often read the Bible before taking any important decisions and had a “wobble” and considered changing his mind on the eve of the bombing of Iraq in 1998.
Tony had married a Roman Catholic woman who would later become the queen’s council. In 2011 he became Godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch’s children. It is interesting that Tony Blair had such a close relationship with Ruped Murdoch which ended when he was suspected of having an affair with his wife. A letter published in Vanity Fair, raised speculation that there was more to Deng’s relationship with Tony Blair than just friendship. Also remember Murdoch’s close relationship to the Vatican with his knighthood. “Blair was reprimanded by Cardinal Basil Hume in 1996 for receiving Holy Communion at Mass, while still an Anglican, in contravention of canon law.” And in 2007 Blair publicly declared himself joined to the Roman Catholic church. Who are main globalizers with the money and resources- Vatican…
The new trend of the these smart talking high rollers in government is to override their own constitutional laws and get away with it. He has a winning way but it appears he was compromised.
“Since the Iraq War, Blair has been the subject of accusations of war crimes. Critics of his actions, including Bishop Desmond Tutu,[184] Harold Pinter[185] and Arundhati Roy[186] have called for his trial at the International
Criminal Court.
In 2010 George Monbiot launched a campaign for people to make a citizen’s arrest of Blair as a war criminal and by 2012 four unsuccessful attempts had been made.[187]
On November 2011, a mock war-crimes tribunal put together by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission reached a unanimous conclusion that Blair and George W. Bush are guilty of crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide as a result of their roles in the 2003 Iraq War. The mock trial, which lasted four days, consisting of five judges of judicial and academic backgrounds, a court-appointed defence team in lieu of the defendants or representatives, and a prosecution team including international law professor Francis Boyle.[188] The mock tribunal’s finding received mixed responses, being labelled a “circus” by former UN Special Rapporteur Param Cumaraswamy.
In September 2012, Desmond Tutu suggested that Blair should follow the path of former African leaders who had been brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.[184] The human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman, interviewed on BBC radio, concurred with Tutu’s suggestion that there should be a war crimes trial.[189] In a statement made in response to Tutu’s comments, Blair defended his actions.[184] He was supported by Lord Falconer, who stated that the war had been properly authorised by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441.[189]” Wikapedia
“The veteran MP for Islington North was a high-profile opponent of the (Iraq) war and became a leading member of the Stop the War coalition. He said: “It was an illegal war. I am confident about that. Indeed Kofi Annan [UN secretary general at the time of the war] confirmed it was an
illegal war and therefore [Tony Blair] has to explain to that. Is he going to be tried for it? I don’t know. Could he be tried for it? Possibly.” Guardian news
What the implications if he was successfully tried and found guilty? The whole American government would be also implicated with Bush of course. Likely to happen? Don’t think the Americans would let it happen.
“TONY Blair is handed the highest US civilian medal by George Bush yesterday as the President said he would “stand tall in history”.” The Sun
Did Tony also give George an award for heading up the conciliation of the willing?