AP: George Galloway shoots off his mouth again
May 26, 9:53 AM EDT
Galloway: Blair’s Death Would Be JustifiedLONDON (AP) — Maverick British politician George Galloway has said it would be “morally justified” for an assassin to target Prime Minister Tony Blair, but he said he was not advocating an attempt, according to a magazine interview.
In comments to GQ magazine released Friday, Galloway was quoted as saying an attack on Blair that caused no other casualties would be a justifiable response to the war in Iraq.
“It would be entirely logical and explicable – and morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq as Blair did,” the magazine quoted Galloway as saying.
If he knew anyone was planning such an attack, Galloway added, he would inform the police….