Saturday, October 17, 2015

Trident: an empty and expensive threat.

Abandoning Trident would be an effective way to move forward in support of non proliferation.

When we look back from a United Kingdom free of nuclear weapons in the future,  we will recognise that Trident in the second decade of the 21st century was no more of a deterrent against nuclear attack than hanging was against murder in the 20th.
Both are inhumane measures that the indecent fear of the loss of votes prevented us from abandoning, long after other countries with more civilised values had moved forward.

I would make several points:
 1. Trident's sole purpose is political not military.
 2. Trident has defied logic as a deterrent ever since the Iraq war and the internet gave conscience a voice.
 3. Trident is a waste of money.