As I write, it is being reported that Jeremy Corbyn has
blamed the recent terrorist attack in Manchester on the foreign policy of the
present government. I will not comment further,
as I am not sure what exactly Mr Corbyn has in mind.
Almost exactly four years, I wrote this comment on my
blog:
While I do not condone the murder of the soldier, I
utterly condemn British involvement in illegal wars.
I was not at all surprised when the Manchester bomber was
revealed to have been Libyan. David
Cameron as Prime Minister ordered the bombing of Libya, and Theresa May served
in his government in a senior capacity.
Britain bombed Libya, and killed innocent people. A Libyan man detonated a bomb in Manchester, and
killed innocent people. How hard is it
to perceive a logical process at work here?
The British authorities are responding to the terror
attack with typical uselessness. The
police are busy arresting people who may or may not be involved, but for every
arrest they make, they probably miss at least one potential future suicide
bomber.
MI5 have been reported as saying that they have five
hundred active investigations, and I cannot help but wonder how likely any one
of them is to be successful. After all,
they completely failed to prevent the Manchester terror attack, despite warning
signs.
Putting troops on the streets is close to pointless, as
the list of places where the next suicide bomber might strike is extensive.
There are two sensible reactions to what happened in
Manchester. The first is to accept that Britain should stop making war on other countries. The likelihood
of such a war being visited upon Britain in the guise of terror attacks is too
great.
The second is to recognise that a lot of violent crime is
linked to drug use. It has not yet been
reported that the Manchester suicide bomber was ever a drug user, but I would
be surprised if he had never taken any illegal drugs.
It is unlikely that any government in this country will
ever achieve a significant reduction in violent crime unless it first gets tough
on illegal drugs.
As I write, we are approaching a general election, in which I plan not to vote.
As I write, we are approaching a general election, in which I plan not to vote.
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