Field Marshall advocates scrapping Trident

[Jimgward]

From Peter Hitchens Mail article.... other news shows saving at £85bn, enough to fund shortages in social care for 20 years

Finally, the truth about our pointless nukes, from a man who REALLY knows

The unforgivable false allegations against Field Marshal Lord Bramall did achieve one good thing.

They reminded us that, still living in our midst, we have a great and distinguished soldier with real experience of war and battle, and an unrivalled store of firsthand knowledge and common sense.

So why wasn’t more attention paid to his trenchant statement a few days ago that the planned replacement of Britain’s Trident submarine fleet is a futile waste of money?

In his view, we should keep one boat and a few rockets and warheads for emergencies. It is as if Father Christmas had announced that reindeer were obsolete. You have to listen when someone so expert speaks.

He says: ‘Now the credibility has gone completely and it no longer deters. We would set a great example to the rest of the world by getting rid of them. The money could be better spent elsewhere.’

He adds what everyone in Whitehall knows in their hearts: ‘I can think of no circumstance whatever in which a British Prime Minister would authorise the use of nuclear weapons.’ Lord Bramall is no peacenik.

Nobody can claim he is a Russian or North Korean agent. He has faced real bullets, fighting for his country. His trained mind still blazes with fierce intelligence, and he has the courage to say what he really thinks.

So next time some noisy pseudo-patriot parades the worn-out and untrue arguments for this gigantic waste of national resources, remember what our most distinguished military mind thinks. The truth is, he has dozens of allies among today’s senior officers of all services, but they are scared of stupid politicians.

[josef k]

Well done Lord Bramall I say. About time someone who really knows spoke up.

[exodus]

Well done Lord Bramall I say. About time someone who really knows spoke up.

Problem is nobody listens.
Anyway, no way is Israel or France or the USA giving up the nukes.
They are OUR security, if not yours (i.e. UK)..
Amos.

[ApusApus]

Nor China, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia & a couple of former Soviet Republics to name but a few totally trustworthy regimes!


Shane

[Jimgward]

I think I prefer the sane views, rather than nutters like McArthur

[Jimgward]

Yes, I understand that.I just cannot understand circumstances where nuclear weapons would be used. We see the terrible devastation of Japan....Is that something to be proud of? I’ve seen conflicting stories about whether it brought a quicker end to WW2, so not convinced at all. I think the threat of it, might help in some circumstances, but who would know what, if any, we have?

Like Israel.... they’ve never admitted to having a nuclear sub.....

[Firefly]

As I see it, the attack on Japan taught the world what the results are of nuclear bombing. That alone is the best deterrent, time and time again, the best deterrents have been abandoned. The result has been a large increase in the crimes that said deterrent was efficient in keeping at relatively small numbers. Because we have the means to drop a nuclear bomb, doesn't say that we will, but the threat alone should be enough to deter others from risking it.

Jackie