a friend of mine named simon made the following point on saturday afternoon as i was preparing to make my way to sheffield arena to hear mr dylan the author of "masters of war"..... some weeks ago after being canvassed for his signature in support of opposition to the uk governments purchase of a new trident system, simon stated that he in fact was a supporter of nuclear weapons as in his opinion the nuclear strike option kept all world leaders in the "theatre of war" meaning that they would not escape the terrible consequences of the fallout....simon went onto say that in the past the upper middle classes commanding the working class in the ranks could sit cosily in london ie douglas haigh and co sending the working classes masses to their eventual slaughter and remain unaffected where as with the presence of nuclear warheads no world leader would risk making the first strike as they would face immediate retaliation ......nuclear weapons keep world leaders on the front line was simon's point.
what do you think about this idea.
dreamspirit