On December 2, 2015, Mr. Hilary Benn, the 62-year-old British Labour Party shadow (opposition) foreign minister, delivered an extraordinary, impassioned, and moving speech in the House of Commons supporting the extension of British air strikes against ISIS from Iraq to Syria.  The speech, a remarkable profile on courage, which has no counterpart among present similarly named American seekers of the presidency, was a dramatic rebuke to the left-wing leader of his party, Jeremy Corbyn, who had made the case against bombing and did not support British intervention, and the majority of the Labour Party members of Parliament. The speech from a person usually viewed as moderate and understated – certainly when compared to his famous father Tony Benn, a charismatic left wing exuberant personality – was one of the most powerful delivered in recent years in Parliament and one that swayed some MPs who were undecided to vote for the extension of air strikes.  The motion...(Read Full Article)