clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk

First find the heart, Tony. Your Attorney General told you, in writing, the year before you invaded, that it would be an entirely illegal enterprise. International law is there for a reason: To prevent the waging of bad wars. And the Iraq war has turned out to be catastrophically and wickedly wrong. Ultimately that is not only about illegality. It is about immorality.

The principles of the "just war" have been around since the time of Cicero and, in Christian thought, the principles of jus ad bellum were laid down by Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. They invariably include defence of the innocent and military force as a last resort.

Blair's actions were not only illegal, as now conclusively demonstrated by Lord Goldsmith's evidence, they were also entirely immoral in the judgment of his own, universal Church. We can only presume that he confessed all this and sought absolution when he was received into the See of Rome.