Galloway’s Respect
May 26, 2006 · By kaqchikel
An AP report has the volatile British MP George Galloway claiming that the assassination of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be morally justified –though he is said to have been temperate enough not to be calling for such an action. Galloway made the supposed statement in a GQ magazine interview.
Galloway is presently in Cuba. But following the AP report he has released this statement on the website of his Respect Party:
“Like the Prime Minister’s wife commenting on suicide bombings in Israel I understand why such desperate acts take place and why those involved might believe such actions are morally justifiable.
“From the point of view of someone who has seen their country invaded and their family blown apart it’s possible, of course, for them to construct a moral justification. But I’ve made my position clear. I would not support anyone seeking to assassinate the Prime Minister. That’s why I said in the interview I would report to the authorities any such plot that I knew of.”
“What I did make abundantly clear to Piers Morgan in the GQ interview is that I would like to see Tony Blair in front of a war crimes tribunal for sending this country to war illegally and for the appalling human consequences which resulted. That’s what I will continue to press for�.
In spite of his often treasonous views, none of his opponents really expect to put Galloway on trial. And that is the difference between Galloway and his opponents.
Crossposted from Civitatensis.
The sad thing is that Galloway, given his past tirades about war crimes in Iraq, would have looked like a hypocrite if he had responded differently.