Why don't they put it out the public to vote on whether we have a nuclear deterrent ?? Give us another referendum.
I am all for a democratic process but most of the population know so little about defense or even mutually assured destruction...
Put it this way, if you are ill and go to the doctor would you rather:
A:- Your doctor talks to other doctors and debates what is wrong with you using informed judgement.
B:- Ask every random person on the street and base your treatment on what their mate sally told them at the gym last week...