tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post5505940464336011174..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: That's A ShameFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-11032508036335906152014-01-17T00:16:38.635+00:002014-01-17T00:16:38.635+00:00Sure, but we'd be less equipped to do anything...Sure, but we'd be less equipped to do anything else too. I think we should concentrate on restoring sane leadership, not on disarming ourselves because we can't be trusted with lethal weaponry. Cheezynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-33695362333894279672014-01-16T18:12:26.044+00:002014-01-16T18:12:26.044+00:00I will tweak the line i often quote at q when he t...I will tweak the line i often quote at q when he turns all John Wayne doing gun control discussions that - it isn't having lots of guns, tanks & battleships that start wars but if i wanted to start a war i would use lots of guns, tanks and battleships. <br /><br />In my thinking if we had less of them then we would be less equipped to help out when the USA wants to spread democracy around. Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-14070366455740116572014-01-16T17:10:38.530+00:002014-01-16T17:10:38.530+00:00You should remember that it wasn't the fault o...You should remember that it wasn't the fault of our guns & tanks & battleships that we started looking for non-existent WMDs in Iraq; it was the fault of the dickheads ultimately in control of them.<br /><br />We'll always need effective armed forces - the 20th century certainly taught us that if nothing else. But the size and scope of them are legitimate grounds for debate in any democracy. <br /><br />I'll cast my vote for 'bigger than what Lucy wants, but not as big as what Nigel Farage wants' ;) Cheezynoreply@blogger.com