Errkal wrote:But then her would be lying, which is not his bag.
Personally I don't have a problem with someone saying they wouldn't use them, they are a gooseberry fool heap waste of money so that in the event of a nutter you get to die knowing they died too.
Pointless and pretty useless if there is a nutter willing to use that they will regardless of whether you have them or not, so you may as well say I wouldn't use them as it is a pointless hyperthetical and one that anyone using them is already doomed to strawberry float anyway so it doesn't make a difference if you do.
He lied about supporting Remain.
My point wasn't to do with a nutter, my point was it is a deterrent against hostility from other nations and it actually stops tense situations from going too far. The deterrent that stopped the US and USSR from fighting was the guarantee that they would annihilate each other if things got too hot.
With people like Putin in the world, it's therefore important to make clear that you would retaliate if he attacked you.
If you are going to say that you would never use them, then you need to get rid of them as they are utterly pointless to have if you wouldn't use the threat of them to protect your country. That's a valid argument but is different to the question that Corbyn was asked.