[Ref]

Blair: "If you believe in God (the judgement) is made by God."
Reg Keys^[1]: Mr Blair was "using God as a get-out for total strategic failure".

Blair was also asked if he had prayed about whether to invade Iraq, and said that of course he wrestled with his conscience.

My inclination is that Mr Keys is right here. Blair is trying use God to deflect difficult questioning. No-one is suggesting that praying about a decision is wrong, but saying "you can't judge me, God will" (paraphrase) is bang out of order for an elected leader.

This is (one reason) why we need to separate church and state, and why the US is the poorer for the continuing erosion of that separation to the point where you can't get elected unless you're seen to go to church.

I should also point out that the church and faith communities across the world have been very vocal in their condemnation of the unjust. immoral and illegal invasion of Iraq.

Three cheers for new Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, for putting pressure on Blair to push for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp (ref).

^[1]Reg Keys' son was killed in Iraq, and Mr Keys stood as an anti-war candidate against Mr Blair in his Sedgewick constituency at the last General Election.