Could have sworn we dont hem and haw because we can't do anything but because we don't care any more.
Could have sworn we dont hem and haw because we can't do anything but because we don't care any more.
Apathy is a symptom of the decline, not a cause.
We would hem and haw considerably less if if we had HMS Vanguard and her battlegroup to just sit off the Levantine Coast and blow stuff up.
I am not ashamed to say that the thought of half a dozen Vanguard-Class Battleships delivering righteous British correction to this Caliph and ungodly hordes sets my heart aflutter much like a debutante at her coming out.
Remember, despite what your mother may have told you, Aircraft Carriers are not a measure of Naval Supremacy.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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And all the innocent people with him?
A hundred years ago you would have sent boots on the ground to dislodge him and sent a lot of condolences to crying mothers for the next 50 years or more. Wasn't the latter the reason that everybody left Afghanistan to that other caliph?
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"Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu
We have plenty of experience with boots here at least
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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