Warmongering Bishop Begs Forgiveness

May God forgive us for unnecessarily going to battle with Iraq:

"As the only Anglican bishop to have endorsed the Australian Government's case for war, I now concede that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction. It did not pose a threat to either its neighbours or the United States and its allies. It did not host or give material support to al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups.

But did Australia and the Defence Force really believe Iraq had WMD and would use them to support its national interests? Definitely. Were intelligence assessments of Iraq's WMD arsenal and its ability to mount military operations exaggerated and inaccurate? Certainly. But in the absence of any clear mitigation, there is no alternative to concluding that the March 2003 invasion was neither just nor necessary...

Looking back on the past 18 months, I continue to seek God's forgiveness for my complicity in creating a world in which this sort of action was ever considered by anyone to be necessary."