George W. Bush: War criminal?


Is Pope John Paul II telling the world that if President George W. Bush goes ahead with his plans to invade Iraq without United Nations sanctions,the Catholic Church will consider Bush a war criminal?

"A war would be a defeat for humanity and would be neither morally nor legally justified", the Pope told Bush in a papal message delivered last week by a special envoy. "It is an unjust war."

This leads even conservatives like John McLaughlin, host of the syndicated McLaughlin Group and a longtime supporter of both conservative and Republican causes, to have second thoughts.

"The Pope is saying an invasion of Iraq would be criminal," says McLaughlin, who is also a former Jesuit priest. "A statement that strong cannot be ignored."....

...."I want to think my President is right in this cause," said a longtime Republican member of Congress on Saturday, "but I also have to listen to my conscience and the leader of my religious faith. The phone calls from my Republican district are running 4-1 against invading Iraq. I also have to listen to my constituents."more


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