Bill,
You just gone up in my estimation (Unless of course you’re a Killie supporter!)
However
“Let them do the job they are mandated to do and that is Defend the Realm.
Neither Iraq or Afghanistan are part of that Realm anymore.
To what purpose are we there? Is the UK safer as a result? Certainly not, in fact the reverse is true.”
I can agree with all of this – unfortunately the current HMG seems hell-bent on retaining an interventionist foreign policy (AKA ‘A Force for good’ – though that’s debatable) So until we have a Gov’t that see’s sense then I’ll stick with the carriers and even trident (or some form of M.A.D. weapon)
“Yeah you are right there is nothing better to spend it on. We do not need better schools, hospitals, etc, etc, etc”
I’ll apply another quote from you that is equally true of these departments…
<Insert Gov’t Department here> “is not strapped it is simply mismanaged.
Money is spent on huge white elephants with no practicable applications whilst the basics are either skimped on or simply not provided.”