British Defense Secretary Says, U.K. Not Ready To Fight a War—Need More Money

Britain’s The Telegraph reported that Defense Secretary John Healey has complained that the military had been “hollowed out” and “underfunded” under the last (Tory) government to such an extent that it would not be able to deter the enemy if war broke out today."What we’ve not been ready to do is to fight. Unless we are ready to fight, we are not in shape to deter,” he said. “This is at the heart of the NATO thinking. We’ve got to not just be capable of defending our NATO nations, but more importantly we’ve got to be more effective in the deterrence we provide against any future aggression.”