So Sir Gen Haughton And Jeremy Corbyn Clash - On Remembrance Sunday.

[DTCwordfan]

The issue, nuclear defence. The venue, the Andrew Marr show, the transcript of the interview, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08111503.pdf

Apparently Corbyn is furious and believes senior military should be muzzled.

Is he right? And this must grate with those Labourites who believe in deterrents as to nuclear missiles. How is this going to play out?

My view is that Corbyn is barking.....

[SSSid]

I've never really felt like i would like to vomit in someones face.
corbyn has changed that.

[jourdain2]

Surely the military are the ones who understand defence issues? Sir Gen H. must have been a bit desperate in order to speak out like this.

[DTCwordfan]

well sid, that would be a bit extreme and assault. Jourdain, I agree....pretty strong in his comments that he opined.

[bazwillrun]

Hes worse than barking, hes outright dangerous...

Im sure theres people in the eastablishment/military who've already got "plans" for some sort of coup if this utter embarassment ever gets into power

[DTCwordfan]

well there are rumours out there that Mountbatten et al. were planning to overthrow Wislon in the 70s......

[DTCwordfan]

this is what Corbyn is pizhed off about....

I quote, "But the reason I say this – and it’s not based on a personal thing at all, it’s purely based on the credibility of deterrence. The whole thing about deterrence rests on the credibility of its use. When people say you’re never going to use the deterrent, what I say is you use the deterrent you know every second of every minute of every day and the purpose of the deterrent is that you don’t have to use it because you successfully
deter."

[tonyav]

The bloke is radio rental imo ( sorry about the cockney rhyming slang ).

[SSSid]

Sir Gen Haughton's job and focus is the defence of this country(what's left of it). Let us listen to him.
corbin's job and focus is.....?

[SirOracle]

Corbyn has a valid point. The use of a nuclear deterrent is NOT a decision to be taken by the military,but should rightly be a government decision.

[DTCwordfan]

well his job is obvious, his focus isn't - what a pair of cartoon characters Tom & Jerry make.....

[Togo]

One has spent his life defending the country, regardless of who holds the reigns of power. The other has spent his life defending Hezbolla, The IRA, and other sundry terrorist groups. All in the name of defending his 'fellow' workers. He's never had a job.

[tonyav]

Corbyn is going to complain to the MOD !

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/corbyn-to-complain-to-mod-about-%E2%80%98political-interference%E2%80%99-from-army-chief/ar-CC6o6Z?li=AA59G2

[Gromit]

Is that the same Gen Nicholas Houghton who is delaying publication of the Chilcott Report because it is heavily critical of him?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206684/The-Army-boss-private-legal-team-years-Chilcot-delay-General-Sir-Nicholas-Houghton-believed-one-objections-holding-inquiry.html

[Togo]

//General Sir Nicholas Houghton – Chief of the Defence Staff – has rejected free government legal advice and is understood to be one of those whose objections are holding up the inquiry//
//Questions about his record are likely to relate to the aftermath of the 2003 invasion when he held senior roles in Iraq. He gave evidence to the inquiry in 2010 when he was pressed on Britain’s decision to withdraw from southern Iraq despite a growing insurgency and concerns about corruption and violence in the British-trained police.

He was chief of joint operations in 2008 when the Iraqi military requested US rather than British assistance to retake Iraq’s second city of Basra from the militia, three months after UK forces had withdrawn from the city.//

Don't say I blame him. Blair trying to stitch up whoever he can the snake.

[Gromit]

Togo,
I rather think the Chilcott inquiry is independent of Blair and its conclusions in no way influenced by him. If the Chilcott report is as heavily critical of General Houghton as it appears, I imagine he will quietly be retired soon after publication.

[tonyav]

I have a feeling that Blair is already trying to cover his @rse.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/25/tony-blair-sorry-iraq-war-mistakes-admits-conflict-role-in-rise-of-isis

[DTCwordfan]

there ain't smoke without a fire, on either count........

[mushroom25]

so far past barking, that the district line has run out of stations to insinuate their sanity.

[bazwillrun]

"I have a feeling that Blair is already trying to cover his @rse. "

from the second he got wind of rumours of an enqiry he would have started...
if not before, just in case

[Gromit]

Gen Houghton is probably annoyed that he brown nosed for Blair and that will ruin his career (1 day after the publication of Chilcott). Life's a ***.