Campaigners call for ‘genuine rethink about security’
Peace organisations offer 'a Christian challenge to military security strategies'
Current political debates on military spending are doing little more than tinkering at the edges, according to two religious peace organisations who are encouraging Christians to call for a ‘genuine rethink about security’. Government critics have demanded greater spending on equipment for troops in Afghanistan, resulting in a government ‘defence review’. But the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) and Pax Christi challenged those involved to go beyond the choice of ‘boots or bombs’.
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