Sunday 27 May 2012

Atoms for Peace

Although he has not yet arrived at probably Eisenhower's (and Nixon's, Ford's and Reagan's), and certainly Enoch Powell's, recognition of nuclear weapons as inherently immoral, Peter Hitchens nevertheless recalls Ike's advocacy of civil nuclear power on the tenth anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

During the Cold War, I did all I could to oppose those who wanted to get rid of our nuclear weapons. Only the USSR would have benefited. Now I’m baffled to find many old Left-wingers happy to spend billions on modernising the Trident system, which has no conceivable point now that the Soviet Union is dead and gone for ever.

The main threat to this country’s independence is the growing need to import energy. As Vladimir Putin has proved, natural gas is a weapon that can actually be used.

Windmills will not save us. Scrap Trident and spend the money on dozens of nuclear power stations. Soon.

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