The four-letter word that sums up Labour’s stance on Iran war – it’s not complimentary | Politics | News

One word sums up the Labor Government’s policy on the war in the Middle East: fear. This is not even a fear of sending British troops into battle, and there is certainly no fear among our forces who will fight whenever and wherever they are sent.

Many have cited a failure of strategic planning in the Ministry of Defense due to the absence of any British naval presence in the Middle East. I doubt this is the case. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense would have been given options long ago, when potential hostilities dating back weeks loomed on the horizon.

These options would be extremely limited, given that our army, navy, and air force have been starving for decades.

There must have been a political veto on the deployment of warships to the region, otherwise how could it have taken so long for HMS Dragon to be ready for action?

If the green light had been given, it could have been repaired and patrolled in the Mediterranean long before the Iranian-made Shahid drone exploded at RAF Akrotiri.

However, this entire incident reveals the shameful state of the armed forces today.

More than seven days have passed since the drone attack on British sovereign territory. Recall that in 1982, just four days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, a naval task force of approximately 40 warships sailed from Britain into the South Atlantic.

But Britain’s abject failure to engage in a just and defensive war against the Iranian terrorist regime, which threatens both the world and its own people, is not about a lack of military capacity.

We did not even allow the US to use British military bases, which America had been paying for for decades. It goes back to fear. Fear of losing even more political support from the Muslim and far-left supporters on whom Labor relies. The idea of ​​participating in or even facilitating a US-led attack on a Muslim country would horrify Starmer.

He may have mustered the courage for this, but to take part in an attack on the side of the hated Israel? Impossible. He has spent the last two years denigrating Israel, but as we saw with Labor’s defeat in Gorton and Denton, even a partial arms embargo, sanctions on political leaders and recognition of “Palestine” could not satisfy the anti-Israel mobs.

Not only that, but his party’s leadership would have been at greater risk had he participated in Operation Epic Fury. Remember that Israel has much larger rivals waiting to attack.

At least Health Minister Wes Streeting. A decades long supporter of Labor Friends of Israel, he sensed the way the wind was blowing and recently published his erroneous view that Israel had been committing war crimes and the whole country should be sanctioned, not just political leaders.

The result of all this internal politics of the Labor Party is that our national security is sacrificed for the sake of party interests. The “special relationship” with the US, a long-standing alliance that strengthened our defenses and gave Britain greater authority on the world stage, is gone.

We have undermined what was left of our ability to deter our enemies.

In short, Britain has now become a military laughing stock, wringing our hands even when British sovereign territory is under attack. I’ve spoken with several US military officials in the last few days. They are all completely stunned by how insignificant their once most reliable ally has become.