Weak-willed leaders like Keir Starmer will be how the West is lost

Published March 10, 2026 3:05pm ET



Weak-willed global leaders are losing the West, surrendering to authoritarianism and terrorism. We have seen it with Canada’s moral bankruptcy, and we are seeing it with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

When American and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Starmer took the side of neutrality. He declared, “I will not commit our military personnel to unlawful action” and blocked the United States from using British air bases for the operation. Starmer then held a press conference where he proudly proclaimed that the United Kingdom “played no role in these strikes.”

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