Article

2007-03-28 Britain

Hostage sailors and the decline of the British Navy

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by ryuge 2007-03-28 07:59|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Ghosts of HMS Hood are not quiet today...

Posted by Wheth Sinatra3453 2007-03-28 12:26|| 2007-03-28 12:26|| Front Page Top

#2 He says it all.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-28 13:04|| 2007-03-28 13:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Being articulate and not having the means to back those words up, as Tony Blair is doing is like having the nicest cartridge in the world and no gun to chamber it into.

Britain cannot expect help from the US if they do not do something to help themselves. The Socialists and Tranzis have succeeded in gutting this once great nation. We should understand this example before we fall to the same fate.

Posted by Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska">Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska 2007-03-28 13:23|| 2007-03-28 13:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I can't really say that this withdrawal is bad for Britain. What it's really bad for is all those peripheral states that could be annexed by major powers. The same logic that applies in Britain also applies here. I, for one, am tired of seeing American losses on a daily basis while the rest of the world not simply ignores us, but actively jeers from the sidelines. I think it may be time to resume the posture of armed neutrality we had during the 19th century. If someone gives our merchant vessels, nationals or corporations a hard time, we can see to it that they regret it. But anything other than direct national interests ought to be a matter for the locals. Not because their lives aren't worth anything - rather, it's because the lives of our fighting men ought to be worth more than theirs, and thus restricted to duties that involve primarily defending our direct national interests.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-03-28 20:34|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-03-28 20:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Time will tell. *IONews > LUCIANNE > Korean Media > CHINA plans to build a 93,000 ton [nuke?]aircraft carrier to rival anything in the USN or other. Nominal launch date set for Year 2020.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-28 23:43|| 2007-03-28 23:43|| Front Page Top