not one you'd expect from someone who has had such high government positions in the process this lord gilbert he was a defense minister under tony blair he was a member of the security and intelligence committee so privy to a lot of information sort of an expert in the defense field and he'd think he'd come up with some rather more constructive suggestions than what he's come up with bill but that's clearly not the case what has he come up with what did he propose exactly. well you know what gilbert quite literally suggested threatening to drop a neutron bomb on the pakistani afghan border in order to crack down on terrorism in the region now a neutron bomb is a thermonuclear weapon is designed to kill everybody in its wake and but it will leave physical structures intact so that's his bizarre suggestion and it was made during a debate in the house of lords during none of that it was a debate on the topic wait for it nuclear disarmament let's take a listen. to the mountains the borders that's going to produce all of those we live in except if you go. even now even if you told that they were g

well lord gilbert quite literally suggested threatening to drop a neutron bomb on the pakistani afghan border in order to crack down on terrorism in the region now a neutron bomb is a thermonuclear weapon is designed to kill everybody in its wake and but it will leave physical structures intact so that's his bizarre suggestion and it was made during a debate in the house of lords during none of that it was a debate on the topic wait for it nuclear disarmament let's take a listen. to the borders that's going to use all of those be divvied up if you go. with them if you. are going to be some. there's a place to. bring your problems. through for everyone. he's talking about a quarter on sunday tab that could effectively be created by. this threat of a nuclear attack on this remote mountainous region where according to lord hill but nobody lives apart from a few goats and that so rather a bizarre idea and very dangerous one i just told was his proposal received funding. well as you can expect to there's such a crime that it's been condemned by everybody in the house of lords of course the