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Independent Scotland = Russian Target?
I’m a bit outraged at The Herald’s headline this morning - as apparently Scotland is “on the frontline” if there’s a conflict with Russia. Faslane, Lossiemouth the first to be hit. Convenient timing, eh? Geneva goes our way, and suddenly Westminster wants us all picturing mushroom clouds over the Clyde.
I have thoughts…
- Geography doesn’t change with flags. Those bases are strategic because of where they are, not because of which parliament they answer to. Independent or not, they matter to NATO.
- NATO membership doesn’t disappear with independence. An attack on Scotland would be an attack on all NATO members. Collective defence still applies.
- “Scotland first, England safe” is fantasy. If Russia ever struck the UK, they wouldn’t politely stop at the border. London, Portsmouth, Devonport, Brize Norton… all are high-value targets too. The whole island is in it together.
- Nuclear deterrent works both ways. Everyone knows that hitting Faslane would trigger a NATO response. That’s why these “you’d be first” scare stories are political theatre, not military reality.
- While this one’s purely speculative - why are we being encouraged to keep Trident in our waters, if that makes us a target?? Funny that… it almost feels like a set up, a contingency plan… is Westminster in cahoots with Putin? Should we gain our independence, Russia is all of a sudden taking an interest? Randomly? I doubt it.
I think the truth is more like: Westminster isn’t worried about Russia. They’re worried about us. Because if Scotland stands tall on the world stage, their last line of defence is fear.
We’ve outgrown their bogeyman stories.
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