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2008-12-07 Britain

British purge navy commanders over Iran fiasco

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Posted by tipper 2008-12-07 17:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Those involved in the Royal Navy's humiliation at the hands of Tehran have been pushed out of their high-profile jobs

They should have been pudhed off the plank.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-12-07 18:20|| 2008-12-07 18:20|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a start.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-12-07 18:44|| 2008-12-07 18:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Byng went to the firing squad

William Pitt the Elder, then Leader of the House of Commons, told the king: "the House of Commons, Sir, is inclined to mercy", to which George II responded: "You have taught me to look for the sense of my people elsewhere than in the House of Commons."

Byng's execution was satirized by Voltaire in his novel Candide.

Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres

"in this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others"

Posted by john frum 2008-12-07 19:53|| 2008-12-07 19:53|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 It's a start. Posted by: Nimble Spemble

Only if they intend to continue to have a Navy. The Labor Party in peacetime has always wanted to slash the Navy to the bone. They still believe it's "peacetime". That may be enough to bring them down come the next election, but I won't be placing any bets.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-12-07 19:55|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-12-07 19:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Byng was railroaded. Fighting Instructions was crap anyway. Read Tuchman.

Posted by Plastic Snoopy 2008-12-07 20:03|| 2008-12-07 20:03|| Front Page Top

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