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.
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