Time we concerned ourselves with our country and our people, if we can't afford to do anything more.
On the face of it agree.
But. If the UK
hadn't been so conspicuously committed over the past few years, what would be left of the armed forces by now, with no political ammunition to defend them?
My personal position for the record: I would love to see a future where we don't have to maintain hugely expensive strike capability, where weapons and war are relics of the past. Surely that, regardless of its achievability, has to be the goal of whatever world order we can create. While I don't live on that planet, however...
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