By Mark Tooley
Retired South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has cancelled his plans to speak at a Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg because former British Premier Tony Blair will be there. Blair’s “morally indefensible” alliance with the U.S. in overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein made him unacceptable to Tutu.
“Morality and leadership are indivisible,” Tutu’s spokesman explained. “In this context, it would be inappropriate and untenable for the archbishop to share a platform with Mr Blair.” Meanwhile, a South African Isalmist party plans to demonstrate against Blair, advocating his arrest for “war crimes.”
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