That didn't take long. The Labour Party in the UK selected old-style socialist Jeremy Corbyn as its leader just a few months ago, and now the party is splitting over whether or not to support the bombing of ISIS targets in Syria. Corbyn is opposed to the action, but most of the shadow cabinet supports it. Of course, the bombing was proposed by prime minister David Cameron whose Tory party hold the majority of the seats in Parliament, so the votes of the Labour MPs are not crucial to the approval of the plan. Nevertheless, it's interesting to watch the Labourites split into factions on this measure. Labour is demonstrating the British public that it cannot be trusted to lead on questions of national defense.
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