Praise Sturgeon for her stance on the nuclear deterrent

I CANNOT believe the naivety of Iain Macwhirter and Guy Stenhouse in advocating Scotland’s retention of nuclear weapons nor the distasteful language they use in dismissing our First Minister’s speech in Washington as “nonsense” and “twaddle” (Macwhirter, “Somebody remind Sturgeon that Nato is a nuclear alliance”, Stenhouse, “Wishful thinking from SNP won’t keep us safe in a dangerous world”, both May 18).

It is disingenuous, and a put-down of a woman who is trying to promote an alternative to the macho man’s domination of the world through sophisticated weapons, nuclear being the ultimate one that will wipe out the planet.

Why can’t Scotland be the leader of nations, ridding our small, beautiful country of the eyesore that is Faslane.

What is the alternative? Every country having the “deterrence” including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen? That would indeed be madness.

The war in Ukraine is a man’s war. Even the much-heralded President Zelensky forces the men to fight whether they want to or not. Women along with children are evacuated from the war zone but consequently their voices are silenced.

God bless Nicola Sturgeon. She is an important voice of reason and can be a true leader, stepping back from the brink and scrapping Trident.

Susan Martin,

Rutherglen.