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Ryuu96 said:
When Corbyn lost the election I was upset but not anymore, I'm more relieved now and I say that as someone who hates the Tories, Corbyn may have been great domestically but his utterly stupid foreign policy would have countered all of that. |
I was sympathetic to Corbyn's domestic policies (did not vote for Labour in 2019 though) however I had big question marks over his foreign policy stances as I thought he was a best woefully naive. His statements regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine prove to me I was correct to have such misgivings.
Edit - Actually had chance to listen to it now and it’s woefully naive just as I anticipated. ‘Peace’ as Corbyn suggests is Ukraine becomes a vassal of Russia in the unoccupied areas and subjugated in areas that are occupied whilst also foolishly indirectly saying Russia’s war is legitimate.
Also, Un can’t do much as Russia vetoes action against it. When he says get someone else to mediate he then suggests the African Union or Arab League, completely ignoring that these would be biased in Russia’s favour. Also fails to acknowledge that Russia having honoured prior agreements so can’t be trusted to keep new ones. His tone puts across a feeling that, like many in the West, having grown up in a country where the last time it was in a pitched fight for survival was before he was born, he is incapable of recognising or understanding that scenario when a different country is put in that position so fails the truly appreciate what Ukraine is fighting for in a war that it did not seek but is forced to fight.
Last edited by SecondWar - on 18 January 2024
