General CT in Europe (catch all)

[Bill Moore]

A Corbyn Government Would Be a Terrorist Threat to the Western World

https://besacenter.org/perspectives-...rorist-threat/

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The intense public discussion on anti-Semitism in the UK Labour party has almost entirely overshadowed the problem of the huge risk a Corbyn-led government would represent to the Western world. Corbyn, a terrorist sympathizer, and various problematic associates of his would gain access to intelligence gathered by the British security services. How safe would it then be for other Western countries to continue to share high-level intelligence with their British colleagues?

A Jewish Think Tank focused on informing Israeli leaders, so clearly bias may be a factor in this analysis. Furthermore, a long history of bad blood between Israel and UK. Nonetheless, like to hear what our friends from the UK think? Complete BS? Half truths?

[davidbfpo]

I have now read the article cited twice, whilst I understand his arguments he is clearly not a UK voter.

The furore over 'anti-Semitism in the UK Labour party' was largely an internal matter in the Labour Movement, with very little agreement and a "fudge" at the end. Before Jeremy Corbyn became the Labour Party leader the internal pro-Israeli lobby dominated; now their opponents are a significant minority and believe there is a substantial part of the electorate who support them. Those who do not support the Leader are either quiet or plan to leave. Others naively think the Leader will change "his spots" when Labour wins a General Election.

Foreign policy, with the exception of Brexit, is not an electoral priority and for this Labour Party winning the election comes first.

Yes many opponents of Jeremy C. have referred to his past support for terrorists and other "far left" causes. This "mud-slugging" has had little effect on the electorate so far. The details of intelligence sharing have been mentioned by a few. Jeremy's appeal is to a sizeable part of the electorate, a good number of whom think he is "new" and is actually a socialist - which the Labour Party wasn't. Polling suggests outside London and a few cities Jeremy's appeal is very limited, especially when so many 'traditional' Labour voters supported Brexit - an issue on which he'd prefer not to talk about.

Is Jeremy C. a 'terrorist threat to the Western World' as shared intelligence may no longer be safe. How much "raw" secret intelligence is actually given to senior ministers? It is difficult to see him following current UK national foreign and security policy. A more likely and significant step by Prime Minister Jeremy C. IMHO would be to end the patrolling of the UK's SSBNs. He has been a life-long advocate of nuclear disarmament after all.

Does that make him a 'terrorist threat to the Western World'? No, it does not. The "times are a changing" and he could be elected as Prime Minister. Somehow I doubt he shares the conventional 'establishment' view on the terrorist threat, let alone it's causes. President Trump actions have continued the slide in public support for the USA; I know the US Embassy here states this is not reflected in polling data.

He would be a threat to the usual Anglo-Israeli relationship, but that is not the 'Western World' as much as the author thinks it should be. An anti-Israel stance might actually gain him more votes in the big cities and ensure the non-Labour left work hard to support his election.

Anyway this is a strange question given the indications that President Trump reportedly neglects his communication security and the report he has already given away secret information on an Israeli operation against ISIS (which was subject of a post on a thread awhile back).

[Bill Moore]

True about President Trump not following communications security procedures, and neither did Secretary of State Clinton when she was Secretary. Her e-mail scandal was part of the equation that tipped the scales in favor of Trump. Two bad candidates for the office in my opinion, but we'll survive it. I was hoping you would tell me the article was complete rubbish, but instead it sounds like a bunch of half-truths, so a good propaganda piece. If Jeremy Corbyn wins we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out.

I'm half way through the book LikeWar by Singer and Brooking, and it provides a very detailed description of Russia's interference in our election, thought the Corbyn piece may more of the same. Unfortunately, the tactics of disinformation on social media are out of the bag and a lot of actors will be employing them. The truth will continued to be buried in a pile of deceit.