by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 22, 2015 | War
Nuclear weapons are vital to our defense. Conventional weapons have not succeeded in deterring war. Nuclear weapons have prevented not only nuclear war, but conventional war as well. They have kept the peace in Europe for over forty years. —Margaret Thatcher. Speech...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 22, 2015 | War
Our task is to see that potential aggressors, from whatever quarter, understand plainly that the capacity and the resolve of the West would deny them victory in war, and that the price they would pay would be intolerable. That is the basis of deterrence. —Margaret...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 22, 2015 | War
Therefore, those who desire peace should prepare for war. —Vegetius. Epitome de re militari. The best way to avoid war is to prepare for it. Aggressors are not guided by common decency—they appreciate only force. Being prepared to fight is no guarantee of peace. There...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 22, 2015 | War
War is comprehensive of most, if not all the mischiefs which do or ever can afflict men: It depopulates nations; lays waste the finest countries; destroys arts, sciences, and learning; butchers innocents; ruins the best men and advances the worst; effaces every trace...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 21, 2015 | Foreign Policy
Private supranational organizations are agents of peace and prosperity. The Wellcome Trust, Oxfam, Coca-Cola, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, McDonalds, Google, Microsoft—all have furthered human progress in their own way. By contrast, supranational...
