Blair On Corbyn

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  1. Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree Remain In Light

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    Tony Bair (if anyone cares about him now) has given an interview criticising Jeremy Corbyn for not supporting the war against ISIS in Syria.

    He seems to have fogotten that ISIS was formed out of the ashes of what is now Iraq.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-08/blair-slams-corbyn-for-standing-by-as-syria-is-barrel-bombed

    He asserts that Corbyn pedals the politics of protest, whilst he practised the politics of power, and that international political situations such as Syria are "complex", not "simple". Fair enough, but his response to Iraq was simple, namely to support the USA in their invasion, and bombing the government into submission.

    Given that Syria is complex, how can he criticise Corbyn for not supporting a military response? Surely sending in bombs and troops is the most blunt and brutal instrument of foreign policy which a country can adopt?
     
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    WOLF ANGEL Senior Member - A Fool on the Hill Lifetime Supporter

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  3. OldDude2

    OldDude2 Newbie

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    Pie does a very good Blair Vs Corbyn piece.

    http://youtu.be/1O2Hfx8Xggg
     
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  4. WOLF ANGEL

    WOLF ANGEL Senior Member - A Fool on the Hill Lifetime Supporter

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    = A Good Reflective Analysis
    (sadly, the future - bleak though it seems - like winter, is inevitably coming)
     

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