this sort of reductive approach worked so well in Iraq didnt it?
Rather than just looking at this in terms of good and evil try and consider the complexities. Ask yourself what the realistic alternatives to this regime are. Are they better? How many people would need to die in order to change it? How long would it take? What resources would reconstruction require? What are the competing factions inside Iran and in the Iranian diaspora? What do they want? What are the wider effects of any action you may take - be it condemnatory statement, sanctions, regime change or something else...
(, Mon 8 Jan 2018, 9:21, Share, Reply)
That's a false dichotomy.
Just because you don't have a 100% perfect solution to a problem which addresses every conceivable aspect, does not prevent you from presenting valid criticism of the status quo.
Also, while I agree that on one level Jeremy is not compelled to make statements about this issue, he HAS made many statements about the area in the past so he has established his own precedent. To not make statements now is to be conspicuously silent on the issue.
(, Mon 8 Jan 2018, 11:20, Share, Reply)