tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post9057850609141629425..comments2024-03-28T17:49:01.125+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Conservatives must not treat defence as untouchableOwen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-11808543716068266342009-09-14T12:08:55.572+01:002009-09-14T12:08:55.572+01:00"with carrying a less combat ready military?&..."with carrying a less combat ready military?"<br /><br />Military structures and resources are not shaped on the basis of the first couple of years of a parliamentary term or the foreign polcy of a single parliamentary term. <br /><br />Sorry but this is wishful thinking heaped on wishful thinking to try and protect your party of choice from criticism of backsliding on previous public commitments to defence and undermining one of the institutions of the british state that has delivered for us no matter what.<br /><br />Trident is really attractive to cut as it is such a big ticket item unfortunately international action on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is a very cruel joke. Post-Cold War it was hoped the necessity of the concept of MAD could disappear with it. It hasn't.<br /><br />Last time the Royal Navy was pretty much decimated by the Tories looks like its the Army's turn this time.fair_dealnoreply@blogger.com