Britain’s new Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, not only
wants to scrap the country’s nuclear arsenal, he is on record as of this past
Wednesday as saying he would order
the military not to use nuclear weapons if he were prime minister.
He
stated, “I am opposed to the use of nuclear weapons. I am opposed to the
holding of nuclear weapons. I want to see a nuclear-free world. I believe it is
possible.”
Ronald
Reagan was much more eloquent in commenting on his distaste for nuclear
weapons, but he didn’t believe in abject surrender, saying, “trust, but verify.” He dramatically increased
the size, pride and capabilities of his country’s military in order to prevent armed conflict. He was historically successful. Corbyn
believes that modern security issues are ones of “irrational acts by
individuals.” Like Hitler, Tojo or Stalin perhaps?
Similarly,
I want to see an accident free world,
so I’m not going to carry any insurance. When playing poker, I state upfront
that if I have any Aces or kings I won’t use them. And I don’t believe in
bluffing! (Why do I lose all the time?). Much as cops don’t carry guns because
they wish there were no crime, I
don’t get flu shots because I wish there was no such thing as the flu. I would also like to see unicorns and mermaids.
His
professed policies would recklessly endanger his own country, so could Corbyn actually be elected prime minister of
England?
Barack
Obama is the two-term president of
the United States.
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