I watched Tariq Ali's speech at the anti-war demonstration in London before the vote. It was embarrassing.
He said: 1. The UK shouldn't bomb ISIS because innocent people will be killed. 2. If the UK wants to destroy ISIS, it should cooperate with Russia and the Syrian government to do so. Standing alone, each of these is a defensible position. But not in combination. In combination, they indicate someone with no concern for consistency at all. Something all honest people should be able to agree on: there's for sure nothing magic about Russian and Syrian government bombing that spares civilians. The Western "purity of arms" is obviously greatly exaggerated; but to claim a Russian or Syrian government "purity of arms" would be arguably even more preposterous. Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/12/15 11:15 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > > It has everything to do with Corbyn. > > Sorry. I should have been clearer. Tariq Ali's article was a joke but > the witch-hunt against Corbyn is not. Unfortunately his decision to have > remained as the nominal head of STWC was misguided. It made him vulnerable. > > In terms of Ali's article, his comment that SWTC "does NOT take > positions on the demerits or otherwise of the Taliban, Saddam, Gaddafi, > Assad. It is in favour of the withdrawal of ALL foreign troops (this > includes the Russians) and bomber jets" is utter nonsense. I don't care > about its pro-forma anti-intervention statements. The fact that its > leading members go around giving speeches hailing Assad is what matters. > This is documented here: > > > https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/open-letter-to-the-stop-the-war-coalition-stwc-or-real-solidarity-is-needed/ > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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