Posted on 01/08/2020 6:29:08 PM PST by Olog-hai
Jeremy Corbyn last night refused four times to say Qassem Soleimani was a terrorist and described his killing by the US as illegal.
The Labour leader also criticized the killing in the House of Commons after previously writing a letter to Boris Johnson asking for an urgent Privy Council briefing about the US assassination of top Iranian General Soleimani last Friday.
He asked for evidence and clarification that proved Soleimani was a threat but the Prime Minister rejected his request yesterday.
Speaking to Sky News last night, Mr. Corbyn was asked four times whether he believed Soleimani had engaged in terrorism.
He did not say yes, and also added that it would be a good idea if all foreign troops were pulled out of Iraq.
Discussing Soleimani, he said: He was in Iraq, for reasons of contact, I assume, with the Iraqi government Ive no idea what his actual meetings were. All Im saying is that to assassinate an official of a foreign government in a third country, in this case Iraq, is illegal under any law and the US if it wants the world to stand by international law must stand by international law itself.
Asked a second time, he added: Im not here to defend the special forces of Iran; Im not here to defend any of those actions that have happened or been planned for the future.
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It’s not illegal to kill a terrorist or his pals and colleagues, of which Corbyn is one. Send a drone after him, Mr. President!!
He was the leader of the Labor Party. After the electoral butt-kicking his party just took, his political future is very uncertain.
Lay-Bore jumps the shark
Crap weasel Even refuses to call terrorists in his own country terrorists.
Thanks for your information.
One wonders, when one is wondering, of course, that Jeremy Corbyn would feel much differently if someone in his immediate had been murdered by the likes of Solamani...
But gee, I guess it’s only “terrorism” when it happens to YOU, Jeremy.
What a pompous assh*le.
Thanks for the reminder for why the British people just handed his party its worst electoral shellacking since 1935.
How incredibly dense do you have to be?
The Brits Nancy Pelosite! Like a parasite, but lower and crazier!
After the historic defeat of Labour last month, how the heck is Corbyn still their leader? Many exit polls showed he was decisively responsible for their disastrous loss, and most expected him to resign the next day. He has no power and is politically poison.
Jeremy Corbyn last night refused four times to say Qassem Soleimani was a terrorist...
Jeremy Corbyn.
Who he?
Jeremy Coburn, please shut up and I’m glad you lost to the UK’s Donald Trump!!
He was a radical backbencher and then the British leadership election system got broken. They made it more like primaries in the US, but Brits are not used to it, only the radical people organized, turned out and elected him the leader of the Labour party.
He recently led Labour to it’s greatest electoral defeat since 1918.
Thank you.
I hope the same fate awaits our own current, insane ‘radicals’.
So... Jeremy Corbin is clearly a dick. There’s never a shortage of dicks around.
The guy that changes my oil at the jiffy lube wouldn’t call him a terrorist either, pisses me right off.
Apparently some obscure, self-important leftist lunatic loser . Who cares what creature says about anything .
Hes a bloody lib who ran against Boris for PM.
It’s something for the Brits to care about because they’ll have to decide who the new Labour leader is going to be.
It demonstrates very well that if a country doesn’t have the culture of people voting in primaries then the move to primaries system gives very bad results.
Only ~3% of Labour voters participated and it was the loony 3% (contrast this with the US and about 50% of the general voters voting in presidential primaries).
Tell Jerry, theres a new sheriff in town ...
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