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In reply to the discussion: Corbyn appears to compare Israeli government to Islamic State [View all]It's whipped-up nothing. Hell, some of us have been saying much the same thing on here.
If the objection is that in some sense he "equated" the two, Israel and ISIS, I don't see where he did that.
But he's not posting on DU, and the knives aren't out for any of us (unless we risk an alert), and we aren't a besieged Labour leader with the press pack eager to topple us.
So it wasn't a media-savvy statement at this particular time. But what's he supposed to do? Shut up completely and not fulfil his commitments? They'll grasp at anything at the moment. And people will fall for it.
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Come come, this is British politics, and they are in wild disarray at the moment too. nt
bemildred
Jun 2016
#18
gasoline aerosol is usually not a fantastic way to address wildfires though nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#19
if he thought that using Israel and ISIS as the two comparison points would be an effective
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#22
there's really no amount of scorn and vitriol too harsh for the Brexit leaders.
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#26
Whether it's "nothing" or not, it's become a leading news story in the UK...
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#28
You could have responded to the content of my post, but chose to go in another direction
suffragette
Jun 2016
#55