Jeremy Corbyn has been given a really tough time in the press regarding his stance on nuclear weapons.
I have also read many comments on here on various political threads recently that seem to suggest that Mutually Assured Destruction has been a positive force that keeps the western world peaceful.
I am a long way from being an expert on nuclear weapons but even I am aware that there have been many if not dozens of close calls concerning nuclear missiles from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Titan II missile explosion in Damascus, Ark.
185 out of a total of 195 countries seem to survive perfectly well without nuclear weapons. There is also the argument that by having nuclear weapons we become a target and it becomes much easier for us to be drawn into some form of global conflict simply by owning them.
The risk of nuclear weapons falling into the hands/control of a terrorist organisation or someone with mental health issues is real.
I really can not get my head around why people feel these horrific weapons make them any safer in the UK.
I keep hearing people talk about the magic money tree and that there is no money. Am I being unreasonable to think we can't justify spending 200 billion on something so dangerous when we seem not have enough money for health care social care and education?
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To think that people have become irrationally comfortable with nuclear weapons and MAD
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PumpkinPiloter · 03/06/2017 12:51
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