tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post4394532565006252600..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: UndeterredDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-14177344516077438342015-11-24T23:57:04.026+00:002015-11-24T23:57:04.026+00:00Quite. But it doesn't affect my point.Quite. But it doesn't affect my point.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-86929724766262293802015-11-24T23:08:12.473+00:002015-11-24T23:08:12.473+00:00As Patrick Cockburn used to say, if Saddam Hussein...As Patrick Cockburn used to say, if Saddam Hussein had really had nukes, he wouldn't have tried to hide them, he'd have showed them off.<br /><br />They'd have guaranteed him against invasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-91851173300375944852015-11-24T22:20:33.759+00:002015-11-24T22:20:33.759+00:00A far more complicated situation. Ukraine was neve...A <i>far</i> more complicated situation. Ukraine was never a nuclear weapons state. They just happened to be there.<br /><br />Iraq was invaded precisely because it had nuclear weapons. It didn't really have them, but that was, and is, beside the point.<br /><br />No one would want to invade Britain, anyway. Who? Why?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-9572621158930141162015-11-24T21:57:51.929+00:002015-11-24T21:57:51.929+00:00It was called the Cold War for a reason. Neither n...It was called the Cold War for a reason. Neither nuclear superpower ever dared invade the other.<br /><br />Israel has never been invaded since it acquired the Bomb either.<br /><br />I challenge any opponent of nuclear weapons to name a single nuclear armed country that has been invaded.<br /><br />Yet, if asked to name a country that got rid of it's nuclear weapons and then got invaded, we can all think of one. <br /><br />A certain Ukraine springs to mind...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-90422785953037752022015-11-24T20:10:42.624+00:002015-11-24T20:10:42.624+00:00Where to begin?Where to begin?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-42302997934410319702015-11-24T18:47:09.724+00:002015-11-24T18:47:09.724+00:00"A lot of deterrent effect all those Russian ..."A lot of deterrent effect all those Russian nukes had on the Turks"<br /><br />Its had a perfect deterrent effect-have you noticed anyone invading Russia since it acquired nukes?<br /><br />They invaded Russia frequently before it acquired them.<br /><br />Never since, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-31365121314196417112015-11-24T18:22:56.201+00:002015-11-24T18:22:56.201+00:00Well said.Well said.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-40011186432496215892015-11-24T18:18:38.035+00:002015-11-24T18:18:38.035+00:00A lot of deterrent effect all those Russian nukes ...A lot of deterrent effect all those Russian nukes had on the Turks. Even supporters of intervention in Syria should consider we'd already be doing it if we hadn't splurged all our defence budget on toys instead of troops and planes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com