Corbyn is fair about Iraq,Saudi Arabia and Israel/Palestine. Attempts to smear him will fail whether he unequivocally challenges antisemitism wherever he finds itWhen the Chilcot report is finally released – perhaps at some point in the 24th century – it will be a reminder of the greatest western foreign policy catastrophe of our time. Hundreds of thousands dead, many more maimed; millions displaced; the torture cells; the dropping of white phosphorus on Fallujah; the unleashing of grotesque sectarian conflict; the rise of fundamentalist extremists, or culminating in the nightmare of Isis.
But it was those who criticised the war whose careers suffered: the resignations came from the likes of Robin Cook and the heads of the BBC,not those who prosecuted the war. Tony Blair’s career flourished, allowing him to work for murderous despots with no criticism – with honourable exceptions – from his own supporters.
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Source: theguardian.com