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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey
Lasting peace is just unrealistic though without a deterrent and belongs in the fairytale Corbynite dream land.We have been on the brink of WW3 a number of times during the Cold War.The only thing that stopped it happening was the fact that nuclear weapons exist.Nobody wanted to be responsible for armageddon.Like it or not,Nuclear weapons are the main reason we have peace between the super power nations.Europe would have been a bloody battle ground again without them.It's a lovely idea that all nations can get along in a big fluffy fairytale but it is not in human nature.Trident is at work every day keeping us safer.The fact that we don't have to use it is exactly its purpose.
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That's a very nihilistic view.
The Corbynite view is in line with a spiritual leader, you say that like it's a bad thing. Whose are Camerons fire and brimstone views more closely related to, if you want comparisons?