BNP compare UK generals to Nazis
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BNP compare UK generals to Nazis
The British National Party (BNP) have compared UK generals to Nazi war criminals after they accused the party of hijacking military symbols. BNP leader Nick Griffin also sparked outrage by claiming Winston Churchill would join his party if he was still alive. He also suggested his party was the most widely supported among rank-and-file soldiers. A statement on the BNP website lashed out at senior figures including ex-army chiefs General Sir Mike Jackson and General Sir Richard Dannatt. It accused them of "breaking all military protocol" by writing to The Times to voice anger at the BNP's use of images of Churchill and spitfire planes during recent European election campaigns. Mr Griffin said: "There is a prima facie case for charging Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, William Hague and David Cameron with waging aggressive war against Iraq... The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials set the precedent when the leaders of Nazi Germany were charged with invading other countries which represented no military threat to Germany." "Along with the political leadership of Nazi Germany, the chiefs of staff of the German army, Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel, were also charged with waging aggressive war. "Sir Richard and Sir Mike fall squarely into this bracket and they must not think that they will escape culpability for pursuing the illegal wars in Iran and Afghanistan." A Conservative Party spokesman described Mr Griffin's remarks as "absolutely despicable and abhorrent".
ITN | October 20, 2009
