tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post5377206124599115519..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Going BallisticDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-80586583359027378172016-07-06T15:21:50.488+01:002016-07-06T15:21:50.488+01:00Yes, that is a very good point.Yes, that is a very good point.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-15035704032310502922016-07-06T10:23:02.657+01:002016-07-06T10:23:02.657+01:00We did indeed have the mightiest navy the world ha...We did indeed have the mightiest navy the world had ever seen.<br /><br />Orwell wrote, the cotnrast between our love of large navies combined with our dislike of having a large standing army was a reflection of our sound instincts and our desire to protect individual liberty against state power.<br /><br />Because "there are military dictatorships everywhere, but there is no such thing as a naval dictatorship."<br /><br />Indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-48596139564639010062016-07-05T19:01:49.798+01:002016-07-05T19:01:49.798+01:00There's your answer.There's your answer.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-8925711827038091282016-07-05T17:32:48.322+01:002016-07-05T17:32:48.322+01:00As for Trident, the eye-watering expense of it bli...As for Trident, the eye-watering expense of it blinds us to the jaw-dropping increase in that cost every time that anyone bothers to check<br /><br />Indeed, I don't know why we don't switch to an airborne deterrent.<br /><br />That would be far cheaper and would also be fully independent of the Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com