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I think he's yielded to his Cabinet colleagues in terms of NATO.

I'm obviously causing further muddles. I was justifying my own position in regard to how states should conduct their defence and military affairs, as the argument developed. The initial point about Corbyn is something that he's stated about how he'd tackle such affairs (non-deployment outside...

Apologies for not making much sense, but that follow-up post clarified as far as I could/can.

You're twisting things. I'm saying that most countries should only use the military to defend their territory. That's why I described it as not a bad rule-of-thumb. I also characterised it as a tad simplistic, because there are exceptions to this rule. Declaring war on the Nazis would be one...

He's said that he won't ratify the deployment of the armed forces outside of our territory. While a tad simplistic, that's not a bad rule-of-thumb and probably preferable to an over-zealous use of the armed forces outside our territory (as Blair tried, which had the result of discouraging...

I'm not quite so sure that it's the Queen exercising influence here. It's Conservative politicians and, even more so, the conservative (i.e. most of) media that are exerting influence on this issue.

I'm with the two posts. Why, in order to receive national security briefings, is it/should it be a requirement to kneel before the monarch, and swear allegiance to the crown? Put like that, it's just plain silly. Which is what it is.