The Times moderator allowed my comment to be published. It was really just some simple maths in response to an earlier comment.
Anthony Times wrote:
Defence is very over-rated. Most of the time you don't need it.
How true!
Unfortunately, 'Most of the time' does not equal 'All of the time'.
When subtracting 'Most of the time' from 'All of the time', we are left with ‘Some of the time’.
During ‘Some of the time’, a functional and fit for purpose military is needed. Usually this happens at extremely short notice. To meet this ‘Some of the time’ requirement it is necessary to keep the military functional during 'Most of the time'.
When 'Most of the time' is added to ‘Some of the time’, we end up having to maintain our military for 'All of the time'.