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Old 11th Nov 2015, 21:51
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Courtney Mil
 
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Beardy, you are stating things that CDS never said. He made no mention of Corbyn's suitability to be a future PM.

Furthermore,

Originally Posted by beardy
The expression of worry is that the politicians may undermine and withdraw the deterrent. That is a political comment.
No, was an expression of fact that he would be concerned if Corbyn's opinion were to become government policy. He said nothing about any future government scrapping the nuclear deterrent. THAT may have been a political statement, but CDS chooses his words more carefully than you.

Originally Posted by beardy
He should not cast aspersions on the integrity, maturity and responsibility of the politicians in public.
I don't believe Sir Nicholas cast any aspersions, he stated that Corbyn's stance would worry him if it were government policy.

Not once did Sir Nicholas mention or point to Corbyn's integrity, maturity or responsibility. If CDS has demonstrated the danger of Corbyn's statement then it is Corbyn that made himself look foolish.

Of course, it may well also be the case that Corbyn never expects to be PM and is simply using his new position to undermine a military capability as a prominent CND leader - rather cynical perhaps, some might say treasonous.

But the bottom line is that too many people have jumped on the outrage bus about a very straightforward answer to a straightforward question. He said he would be worried if a future PM were to state publicly that he would not use his nuclear deterrent. He made no statement about a future government's policy on maintaining a nuclear deterrent.
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