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We couldn't "do" any developed country in a war.
It's easy to win a first battle and declare the result, but modern warfare means never-ending wars. There would be no resolution.
We'd have to police a state with military force for as long as we wanted to hold it, and still we'd suffer some attrition.
All one can do is build enough of a deterrence that no-one comes knocking in the first place, but as an offensive capability it's all a bit daft.
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No. They're much better at retention and would tika taka us to death.
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We'd only want the beaches wouldn't we?
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The public and the media love wars. It gives everyone a chance to indulge in some rose-tinted / misty-eyed jingoism. The EU have been wholly transparent in their position and approach all along (as David Allen Green's blog posts from last week neatly summarised), so this current outrage is to some extent being manufactured (hello Lynton & Messina) to shape Theresa May's public profile. If this hadn't happened we would probably have had to go to war with Spain over Gibraltar.