The
War-mongering Politics and the British Parliamentary
Elections
24 May 2010
By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most
Merciful.
The results of the recent parliamentary election in
Britain showed that the British people do not want
their country to be part of the global war-mongering
politics, aimed at bringing other countries under
their bellies. The ruling Labor Party faced defeat at
the elections, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
step down. As such, neither the Labor Party nor the
Conservatives achieved a land sliding victory.
However, the Labor Party under the leadership of
Gordon Brown humiliatingly faced defeat particularly
for siding with the USA in its invasion of Afghanistan
and Iraq.
London unhesitatingly supports the American
belligerent policy. In fact, the current war-mongering
politics have created a gap between the British people
and the Labor Party which expectedly resulted in
defeat of the ruling party. If we have glance at the
history of the American invasion of Afghanistan and
Iraq, we clearly see that the British government has
had full participation in every crimes and brutality
that the American has been committing in both
countries. They have sent thousands of troops to the
country to wage the war and are making the second
largest contribution in terms of money and logistics.
Such brutalities against the people of Afghanistan and
Iraq at the hands of the invaders are unforgettable.
Expectedly, the so-called strategic friends of America
faced defeat at the polling and showed that the
British people are no more ready to allow their rulers
to fight for the interests of America in Afghanistan
and Iraq and pay in terms of life casualties. Hence,
many allies of the crusaders coalitions are now
backing away from their commitment to participate in
the war, though initially America started the war with
their support. They are no more willing to prop up the
colonialist war and suffer life losses.
The recent unannounced and covert trip of John Key,
Prime Minister of New Zealand is a good example. He
met with the New Zealand troops in Afghanistan and
heard their grievances. The troops were worried about
their life and completely despondent whether they
would ever be able to go out of Afghanistan alive and
join their families back home. On his return to New
Zealand after a three day visit to the country, he
told reporters that waging war in Afghanistan was
tantamount to playing with death and devastation. He
pledged that he would pull the New Zealand troops out
of Afghanistan as soon as possible.
The defeat of the Labor Party in the recent
parliamentary elections — a party which supported
initiation and continuation of the American invasion
of Afghanistan and Iraq — shows that the public
opposition to the war is steadily growing. They do not
want their wealth and troops should become fodder of
this war. This is a new development which
simultaneously gives momentum to the current
resistance in Afghanistan and Iraq, and meanwhile
pointing to the fact that the victory is near at hand.
Similarly, it portends that the freedom-fighting
people in both countries will ultimately obtain their
independence which has been snatched from them and
will establish an Islamic government on the basis of
the aspirations of their people.