Corbyn insults 9/11 victims

If you were to count the rest of the victims of subsequent conflicts that Iraq went onto cause such as Afghanistan, Syria etc it would be pushing a million - and even more if you were to count the number of people it has uplaced and effected.

Bachar and Saddam were doing a fine job killing their own people before the American invasion of Irak. Blaming them for all the deaths that have occurred in this area is slightly exaggerated.

He claims to be a pacifist while spending his career openly courting violent terrorists.

He also spent 30 years as a Eurosceptic and then changed tack overnight.

It's not even close to "millions".

And yes, they should be remembered. On any other day than 9/11

Why?

The difference between Jeremy Corbyn and mainstream politicians is that mainstream politicians court Saudi Arabia, Israel and ultra-conservative British Unionist groups, whilst Jeremy Corbyn's Hard Left courts Hezbollah, Hamas and the IRA. Now I'm not a Jeremy Corbyn supporter and I don't think, based on my scanty knowledge of Corbyn's career, that he was very sensible to make friends with violent groups in the way that he did. But I think it's safe to say that both sides of the Israel-Palestine, Northern Ireland and other global conflicts are rather violent.

Being a terrorist does NOT make you morally lower than being a 'legitimate' government which commits violent atrocities. It is violence and oppression that should be condemned, not opposing Western interests, and so I'm afraid anyone who opposes Corbyn in principle for supporting those with anti-Western interests is simply a useful idiot for Neocons who want to divide the world between governments whose ISIS-funding, human rights abusing ways can be overlooked so long as they keep buying Western arms and facilitating Western economic hegemony, and 'terrorists', i.e. anyone who opposes these things.

If someone is genuinely pacifist and pro-human rights, they should criticise both terrorists AND Western-allied states who persecute civilians and commit war crimes, and they should also be willing to engage with both sides if it will help to reduce tensions and protect innocent people. As I say I'm not a Corbyn supporter and I don't think he typifies the ideal pacifist, but courting Palestinians and Irish Republicans does not automatically exclude you from being a pacifist if it is done intelligently.

I see. So when he refuses to bow to pressure to conform to mainstream viewpoints, he's 'insulting' and 'anti-Western'. But when he does, grudgingly, accept that certain mainstream viewpoints should be listened to, he is a hypocrite for changing tack? He can't really win then, can he.

Why?

Why?

Ugh. This is disgusting, it's a day to remember the tragedies caused by terrorists and remember their lives. Does he really think it's appropriate to link the death of the victims to the failures of Bush? Is that what he wants their legacy to be? Great way to pay respect. I hate him

This is ridiculous. There are so many victims of terrorism, why are Western victims cared about more than those in the Middle East, Africa or Asia?

What he said wasn't insulting, he paid his respects but he also acknowledged the fact that there was an aftermath which also destroying hundreds of thousands of people's lives

Do you care more about your mother dying than some random person? You do? Then you're a hypocrite. We naturally view the death of our family, friends and countrymen (and those in countries of our allies) as hitting closer to home.



The vast majority of those people were killed by other Muslims in sectarian killings. It's not America's fault that 7th century people hold so much sway over there.

It's very clear that extreme conspiracy idiots are doing this to create a false equivalence between an unprovoked attack on civilians by dark age Muslims and a justifiable response by going into Afghanistan to remove the terrorist bases and training camps. If you can't understand that, then it's not surprising that people view your conspiracy crap as being extreme and weird.

You're a despicable human scum. Nothing more. You are already brain dead so there's no point wishing that on you.

Shut up you ****

The irony is that you are the one who is a complete piece of ****, and a moron to boot. You just don't realise it; the Dunning-Kruger effect at work.



You're so witty

You'll probably be lucky to finish high school

Gid I'd love to punch you on your retarded face.

I'm not attempting to justify immoral things that western governments have done and continue to do. However I am questioning the moral alter that he portrays himself to be standing at. I look forward to the day that we use 100% renewables so we can stop giving money to despots for energy.

Being Eurosceptic is hardly a fringe position these days.