Friday 12 May 2017

Letter to the I: Corbyn's Foreign Policy

Sir Michael Fallon's branding of Corbyn a "pacifist" was a clumsy attack that allowed Corbyn to side step explaining the worrying contradictions in his foreign policy world view.  Corbyn has waxed lyrical about the alleged folly of intervening in Iraq and Syria against IS or the Assad regime.  Yet he has completely ignored the fact that not only has Iraq officially requested our help, in Syria a lack of intervention on our part has not stopped the Russians taking advantage of the situation.  Talking about acting through the UN to bring about peace in Syria is as good as advocating for doing nothing given the Russian veto on meaningful action.  What Corbyn should be asked is how far would he go to save many lives if there were no easy options?


Regards

Zachary Barker

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