WWI and WWI demonstrated that the “pacifist” left are quite happy to let the country’s right go off to get killed in a national war, where they won’t fight unless it’s a foreign war against a perceived right wing dictator, like the spanish civil war…
I reckon any war caused by the country’s Left should be fought in ONLY by that country’s Left.
Vice-versa applies as well, of course.
Thing is, when did we see our last war picked by Right-leaning government?
Falklands, 1982.
Thatcher would have lost the 1983 election if it were not for the lurch to the right that the war effort vs argentina’s aggression represented…
Don’t remember any Lefties being called up to participate, however, so that would indeed make the grade as “Right fighting their own cause”.
Was Iraq the Left fighting their own cause?
Don’t think so. The left can hide behind Blair’s Lies as being “Taken In” so they are not to blame for having re-electing him in 2005 despite Iraq already being in the past at that point.
It seems to me that this “war vs Russia” has been picked by the country’s left-wing liberals to chip back Putin’s long-standing power sphere.
I don’t remember any outrage when the ex-soviet nations were picked off by NATO and the EU “without even bothing to ask the population” in a general election, let alone a referendum.
All in all, I’m sick to death of the lack of a candidate in any and all elections - that opposes this nonsense, assuming they can avoid being jailed for opposing it out of free speech RIGHT to.
“Green Agenda” is a bad idea, but all current incumbents - support it.
“Ukraine” is just as bad - but no candidate is allowed to stand that does NOT support it.
Where’s the “Democracy” in THAT?
It seems to me that “Popularism” is the answer, and in time even the Left will come to realize that “keeping one’s livlihood” is more important than any other issue, both at home and abroad.
How many British Voters do you think even CARE about UK foreign policy, except and unless it is detrimental to the British Public, which of course is ALWAYS it seems…?