The British being an empire is now such a distant memory that it is jumping up and down by the trouser leg of the US, yelling “ooh, ooh, pick me! pick me!”. According to the ridiculously british Telegraph, America saw no point in taking Britain’s warships to the Straits of Hormuz and that the ” British and French presence in the flotilla was of greater diplomatic than military significance. ” I have to admit a small blast of laughter on my own part when I thought of the sting that must have been caused to the Kilimanjaro sized British ego, by the Everest sized snub.
The Telegraph goes on:
“Sources said that Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, concluded that if the French were sending a ship, Britain must do so too. His decision was then endorsed by David Cameron, the Prime Minister.
Failing to take part when the French were doing so might have raised questions about the Special Relationship, which has come under doubt during Barack Obama’s presidency. Mr Obama last year described France as America’s closest ally.”
All very amusing, and all very telling but more seriously, what does this tell us about France and Britain? Well, they clearly don’t wish to avert war do they? In fact they plead to be involved in it’s possibility! All the talk of reluctantly using force against foreign nations and yet here we find them salivating at the prospect, to the point that public beggary isn’t off-limits.
The next time you see a member of British or French government talking about the “heavy hearts” that accompany one of the multitudes of times when the “rare” decision to go to yet another war is taken… it’s bullshit. They’re literally begging for it


