Kennedy: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the last person America should go to for military advice

Watch Kennedy's comments here.

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) criticized United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer for his inconsistent response to the war in Iran in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.

Key excerpts of the speech.

"Everything I just told you, the prime minister of the United Kingdom knew. He had the same intelligence we had.

"When it came time for us to intervene, he said, you cannot use any United Kingdom air force bases or military bases, none, zero, nada. He specifically said that you can't use Diego Garcia, the joint U.S.-United Kingdom military base in the Indian Ocean that Keir Starmer is trying to give away to Mauritius. You've heard me talk about it on the Senate floor. And Mauritius, of course, will welcome the Chinese. Now, once the war started going the way of the people who believe in freedom, Prime Minister Starmer changed his mind. Now he says you can use our bases. Thank you very much. It's a little late. We don't need you.

"He also is trying to give President Trump advice about how to conduct the war. That's a little bit like seeking the advice of a nun about sex. So, Keir Starmer is the last person you would want to go to advise you about how to have a military confrontation. He's the kind of guy that he'll want to quote-if you're in the middle of a bar fight-he'll want to stop and quote Socrates."

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"I thought, you know, let me take a look at what the prime minister's plans are, in terms of defense, because if you remember about a year ago, January, the prime minister produced this report. . . . And the prime minister makes a big deal in his report. He says, 'Oh, we've changed our ways. We've been born again. We're now going to spend 2.6% of our GDP on defense by 2027.' I'm thinking, good for you. It's about time. . . . Then I read the report. The cash is backloaded.

"He didn't bother to tell the people of the United Kingdom or NATO or the president. The cash is backloaded. He is not going to even start spending the money, the real money, until the 2030s. That's four years from now. He's going to make it somebody else's problem. I can assure you the prime minister will not be the prime minister in 2030 and beyond. Talk about sleight of hand."

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"Now, if I'm wrong, I hope the prime minister will respond. But if I'm right, shame on him. Shame on him for looking the good people of the United Kingdom in the eye and the good people of the world in the eye and lying and saying that the United Kingdom would do its part when the prime minister has no intention whatsoever."

Watch Kennedy's speech here.