Sentences with phrase «on nuclear deterrence»

A divisive figure, Gaitskell stirred the artist's anger when he abandoned Labour's anti-nukes stance and sided with the Tory government on nuclear deterrence.

On BBC Question Time, we've had everything from John McDonnell's non-apology apology for IRA comments to Chris Bryant's self - depreciating «aww shucks» routine when Labour is reduced to mirth; from Stephen Kinnock's failure to make anything straight from the crooked timber of Labour on the nuclear deterrence to Lisa Nandy's struggle to disassociate Labour with violence at the Conservative Party conference.

[125] The Economist, the New Statesman, and many left - wing newspapers supported the reliance on nuclear deterrence and nuclear weapons, but in their view considered that of the United States would suffice, and that of the costs of the «nuclear umbrella» was best left to be borne by the United States alone.

They want us to moderate our reliance on nuclear deterrence without either denying its lamentable necessity or pretending its morality.

Not exact matches

The NUCLEAR «stick» is the Big Deterrence and thousand of «mini drones» can be used to «secure and hold» an area while our people stay home and run the show for about 1 % of what we spend on a useless «Military Presence».

Nuclear deterrence is morally unacceptable because it relies on the credibility of the intention to use nuclear weapons: we believe that any intention to use weapons of mass destruction is an utterly inhuman violation of the mind and spirit of Christ which should be in us... [David Gill, editor, Gathered for Life (Eerdmans, l984), Nuclear deterrence is morally unacceptable because it relies on the credibility of the intention to use nuclear weapons: we believe that any intention to use weapons of mass destruction is an utterly inhuman violation of the mind and spirit of Christ which should be in us... [David Gill, editor, Gathered for Life (Eerdmans, l984), nuclear weapons: we believe that any intention to use weapons of mass destruction is an utterly inhuman violation of the mind and spirit of Christ which should be in us... [David Gill, editor, Gathered for Life (Eerdmans, l984), p. 75].

It is difficult to imagine him with his hand on the nuclear button, threatening the destruction of one hundred million people, including millions of little children, maintaining that «deterrence,» based on that threat, is the only way to peace.

Now it is pro-Nato and anti-Trident, which raises serious issues, given the Nato strategic concept, agreed only last year, says: «Deterrence, based on an appropriate mix of nuclear and conventional capabilities, remains a core element of our overall strategy».

We met over coffee, lunch, drinks and dinner to reinforce our views on the evils of apartheid, nuclear deterrence, capital punishment, the British Empire, big business, advertising, public relations, the Royal Family, the defence budget... it's a wonder we ever got home.

I will also post some notes on stuff connecting ideas about advanced technology and strategy (conventional and nuclear) including notes from the single best book on nuclear strategy, Payne's The Great American Gamble: deterrence theory and practice from the Cold War to the twenty - first century.