Showing posts with label UK military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK military. Show all posts

Friday, January 26, 2018

Paul Robinson — Fearmongering, pure and simple

The British military industrial complex needs to get its story straight. The Russian threat keeps changing from week to week, as more and more potentially nation-destroying dangers emanating from Moscow are revealed. The only thing that all the scary stories about Russia have in common is that they repeat the mantra that Russia is dangerous, very dangerous, and that the UK should therefore spend more on defence. The BBC notes in an article about Gavin Williamson’s statement that, ‘It comes as the Ministry of Defence is under pressure to avoid cuts that could be coming from the Treasury.’ It’s quite obvious what’s going on here. It’s fearmongering, pure and simple, designed to extort more money out of the British taxpayer....
Irrussianality
Fearmongering, pure and simple
Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa

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