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Oh-oh. If Brits have Emma Peel and nukes Limeys might conquer the world! |
Posted on 06/22/2006 9:35:05 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
"The United Kingdom probably does not need nuclear weapons, and could actually encourage other middle or small countries from acquiring such weaponry. Simply because the United Kingdom is currently a strong ally of the United States is not a reason for supporting them having such weapons."
Kind of like the same thing the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (of whom Blair was a member back then)was saying around 1984 when it was advocating unilateral nuclear disarmament (along with the Labour party at the time;one of the reasons it was kept out of power for 18 years): if we give up everyone else will.
We'll have to wait and see won't we? The past is not necessarily a guide to the future. I do know we've just let in over 300000 Polish/Eastern Europeans in which people on here view as a positive (well, maybe not the unpronouncable surnames!)
Whenever this subject comes up in the news (whether we should have them/replace them, whatever) all the people against our nuclear deterrent come out with some reason or other such as there is no threat (the Soviets were supposed to be no threat in the early Reagan/Thatcher years), there's no threat now etc. The antis are against them full stop. I am surprised the BBC showed an opposing viewpoint in favour of them on this occasion though.
That's pretty.
How about a source?
But even by this rather dubious graph of yours, it doesn't back up your claim that Muslims will be in the majority by the end of the century.
Population growth among minorities tends to start to mirror the rest of the country much sooner than you think.
Remember the similar extrapolations in the early 1990s projecting similar extrapolations on AIDS statistics. They just weren't borne out...
If the UK gives up nukes, that does not change the desires of Iran. The only nation, which may pay attention is Brazil. However, I would note that North Korea ploughed ahead with its program despite South Africa and many ex-Soviet countries giving up nukes.
You could sling a few Tomahawks on a Nimrod.
I think the RAF is planning to modify their Nimrods to deploy Storm Shadows.Air Launched Tomahawks are not in use by anyone.
'Unless you would like to be the one taking a knife to a machinegun fight!'
In the assault on Port Stanley during the Falklands War, the Scots Guards took a bayonet charge to an Argentine machine gun fight and won. . . . . :D
'By the end of the Century Britain will be a majority-Muslim nation. Do we want the Ayatollah Londoni, the head of the Islamic Republic of Britain to have an independent nuclear force come then?'
Won't be a problem because by then the Mexicans will have taken over the US and will get along just fine with the muslims.
LOL - you should see the same made up graph for the US - Spanish willbe the official language by 2024!
Cavalry. Calvary is a hill of some note. Cavalry are mounted soldiers.
You need to buy them some vowels.
'But even by this rather dubious graph of yours, it doesn't back up your claim that Muslims will be in the majority by the end of the century. '
I wouldn't worry Propertius - the CIA Factbook shows the UK to be 92.1% white anglo-saxon and celtic, the US figure is in the high 60's with latinos making up most of the rest. The US will disappear culturally and politically a long time before Britain does. Tenga un día agradable!
Absolute nonsense
Just because you give up the SSBNs doesn't mean giving up nukes. Instead of replacing them the money might be better spent on SSNs with nuclear tipped cruise missiles. That would give them more flexibility.
Actually one of the options for Trident replacement is pretty much like what you said!!It involves modifying soon to be built Astute Class SSNs with a small VLS section to carry N-tipped cruise missiles or the new IRBM which the USN appears interested in.
Why??? Were they starving to death?
Couldn't they wait till somebody with some ammo showed up?
Were the Argentinians blind stinking drunk?
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Oh-oh. If Brits have Emma Peel and nukes Limeys might conquer the world! |
LOL! Good point.
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