Proceeding contribution from Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on Defence in the UK.

Defence in the UK

Is there not a danger that if we are still fighting the last war to happen—or the last that did not happen—and still have a cold war mentality, there will be some, particularly in Russia, who interpret that as being a threat to them and that will end up distorting their foreign and military policy? That may make our maintaining a cold war strategy, in part, a reality, rather than the reverse; the deployment of missile defence may be making the situation a lot worse.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 490 c497
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Defence Army Armed conflict Deployment Casualties Air force Defence equipment Finance Iraq National security Nuclear weapons Protective clothing Navy Rehabilitation Terrorism Security Afghanistan
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Defence in the UK

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