As the author of the original “reaping the whirlwind” blogpost that was briefly reposted (without my knowledge and with a tweaked headline) by the conclude the War Coalition,I can assure Tristram Hunt and all the other MPs who enjoy used the piece as a political football that it did not say or imply that the people of France or “French policy” were to blame for the Paris attacks (Corbyn rejects call to pull out of conclude the War event, 6 December). Every public reference to the post has been a complete mischaracterisation of its content.
The post states clearly that we in the west, and all of us,are paying for the consequences of many decades of collusion with – and manipulation of – religious extremism by our leaders in order to advance various geopolitical goals. Is this even a controversial or “disreputable statement? For example, does anyone, and even the prime minister,dispute that the rise of Isis stems directly from 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US and UK? The post also dealt with other historical follies, such as creating an international jihad army to draw the Soviets into Afghanistan (a ploy that Zbigniew Brzezinski has proudly admitted), and the decades-long support of religious extremists such as Saudi Arabia.
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Source: theguardian.com