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World Anglican Leader Blasts U.S.

By Paul Majendie,
Reuters
Posted: 2007-11-26 09:12:23
Filed Under: World News
LONDON (Nov. 25) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, leader of the world's Anglicans, has launched an attack on the United States, saying it has lost the high moral ground since the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Rowan Williams
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Williams, a longtime critic of the war in Iraq, said in uncharacteristically blunt language: "We have only one hegemonic power at the moment. It is not accumulating territory, it is trying to accumulate influence and control. That's not working."

Asked in an interview with the Muslim lifestyle magazine Emel, if he thought the United States had lost the high moral ground since the 9/11 attacks, he replied "Yes."

Drawing comparisons between British imperialism and the 21st Century United States, Williams said: "It is one thing to take over a territory and then pour energy and resources into administering and normalizing it.

"Rightly or wrongly, that is what the British Empire did -- in India for example."

"It is another thing to go in on the assumption that a quick burst of violent action will somehow clear the decks and that you can move on and other people will put things back together again -- Iraq for example."

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theenabler52 01:30:00 AM Nov 30 2007

Just what we need an IMPERIALIST RELIGIOUS LEADER preaching against FASCIST HEGEMONY. WE KNOW BUSH HAS SCREWED OVER BOTH THE US AND IRAQ!!!!!!!!

theenabler52 08:27:00 AM Nov 29 2007

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theenabler52 08:27:00 AM Nov 29 2007

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madmanmatt726 06:42:43 PM Nov 28 2007

ummmm kool archbishop look at ur country its at war with iraq tooooo stop worrying about us and worry about ur "royal" family and relations with usa because it seems tht u need us as wee need you

jerryjad7 09:37:48 AM Nov 28 2007

Who among us Christians put this assh... in charge. Look at how he is handing his own country with the muslin problem and then he trashes the US. This guy like all that run the ROMaN Catholic Church don't even believe the Bible. They put objects around to worship instead of the LIVING GOD. And were supposed to agree with Him. Wake up people. The word Catholic means universal church, they changed the Roman many years ago. Another lie by this group. Ask yourself does a priest make a good baby sitter and then line up there beliefs with the Word Of God and you will find all thats wrong with this religion.

theenabler52 09:00:00 AM Nov 28 2007

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Glofret 05:35:59 PM Nov 27 2007

Religion and there people are the problem . Mr Williams Religion can't save us .Look at religious history . God is turn into nothing more than an silly assumption .

ccgifts3 04:38:40 PM Nov 27 2007

better watch out you could become Muslim soon in America.

kmm61180 10:05:00 AM Nov 27 2007

Mr Owl how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop

theenabler52 09:04:00 AM Nov 27 2007

OPEN SESSAME !

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