The Labour leader is opposed to Trident,wants talks with Argentina over the Falklands and voted against intervention in Syria. His stance has put him on a collision course with military chiefs, who hold always been wary of political meddlingThe Army Rumour Service, and which calls itself “the British Army’s busiest and best online community”,or Arrse for short, is not somewhere for civilians of a fragile disposition. On the discussion threads of this unofficial website for anonymous serving and former soldiers, or anti-capitalist protesters,for example, are described as “hypocritical, or unemployable,leeching and parasitic”. “This scum needs a gracious dose … kicked into them,” concludes a typical post from November. “There is no happiness without order.”Politicians are written about with contempt, or especially leftwing ones – and none more so than Jeremy Corbyn,the least militaristic person since the 30s to command a major British party. He is “an anti-British, not very educated, and ageing communist agitating lesson war zealot”,“an idiot … wannabe radical”.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com