Tony Benn - The Gulf War (Double Standards)

Tony Benn speaking out about the double standards of UK and US foreign policies in the middle east, from 1990... Turns out that everything he said here was absolutely correct!

"A gun can't go off by itself; it is the hatred that makes people want to use them... THAT is the fuel of war!"



Clip from Benn's 'Speaking up in Parliament' video, available through amazon.co.uk and elsewhere.

http://www.bennites.com/

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[itsabomberscope]

The reason this great man never got elected to prime minister, was because a) He was a decent human being b) He was highly intelligent c) He cared about what the people wanted d) He knew his history and e) He told the truth

[lionkillingnebbish]

5min 55 someone says "he's an idiot". Is he talking about Tony Benn ? Nothing idiotic about what he was saying from where I'm sitting

[stevenslava]

what a sincere human being - giving up his English 'Title' to live a life of Truth! - here was an aristocrat with wealth and fortune who gave it all - an example to us all

[InnuendoXP]

@jismith1989

They share foreign policy. When it comes to economic policy they are polar opposites, but the countries are different so it's a poor comparison.

The US federal government has shown how woefully inadequate it is at micro-managing all 50 states and how it now thinks it can do as it pleases bypassing congress entirely while the country is running up the wall with debt. While I understand in the UK people aren't quite so hot on their govt either, apples & oranges really

[jismith1989]

@pianoplayeruk Ron Paul is about as politically opposed to Tony Benn as can be: the one's a neoliberal, the other's a socialist. I quote from Wikipedia, "One scoring method published in the American Journal of Political Science[187] found Paul the most conservative of all 3,320 members of Congress from 1937 to 2002."

[JaguarEarlobe]

2:59

[MrLovethelife]

@pianoplayeruk Yes i agree background doesn't matter too much and even social class background doesn't matter its what your political class politics is based on. Politics for the bankers and millionaire's (capitalists) or for the working people who build up countries through hard work (working class)

I don't know enough about Paul but he seems to be a capitalist? Maybe i have got it wrong but after all he is in a Neo Liberal party.

John Mcdonnell MP now represents Socialism, check him out :)

[pianoplayeruk]

@MrLovethelife

Look, whatever their backgrounds matters not. Both men have more to offer in their little fingers than every other politician in the US and the UK combined. To that end, they are two of a kind, and sadly two of a kind too in the age department.

Mr Ben, well he's getting very old, but he leaves a legacy which will be remembered for a long time.

And Ron Paul -  well he's running for the job of president at the age of 76 which kind says it all.

Long live them both!