Fudge 11/22/2010
 
Beyond belief! How else can one describe the British government's typical fudge decision to carry on building aircraft carriers which we don't need, but not to fund the very things that make them an effective weapon of war in the first place – aircraft?

Part of the reason for this seemingly stupid idea lies with the previous Labour government, who signed contracts that meant future cancellation of the project would incur heavy financial penalties to the government in power at the time. And Labour being Labour, it was surely no coincidence that the bulk of the planned work is being carried out on the Clyde and at Rosythe, a blatant political bribe to reward voter loyalty in these Labour strongholds, and also persuade Scotland to stay in the Union, rather than vote for full independence when the SNP finally call their referendum on the issue. This is also another reason why the Unionist Tories don't want to rock the Scottish boat, if you'll pardon the pun. All the LibLabCon parties look upon the nations which make up Britain as colonies, the last remnants of Empire, and each of them are terrified for some reason that the so called “United” Kingdom will blow apart on their watch.

Britain is no longer a major world power, and on the face of things the decision by the last Labour government whilst still in office to build two new carriers was either sheer vanity or cynically political, rather than a military one. Apart from the Falklands, Britain no longer has overseas outposts to police, but we do have a large coastline and fishery waters to protect: how many smaller, fast vessels, armed with state of the art weaponry and having Harrier or helicopter capabilities could you buy for the cost of two lumbering “Death Star” carriers, one of which will probably be sat permanently in a home port, due to the cost of deployment?

There could of course be a very different reason to the one we are being told, about why the new carriers are really being built, nothing to do with having to pay heavy cancellation penalties at all. The penalties exist, but both Labour and the Tories are probably committed for a darker underlying reason. The quisling British government is committed to greater integration with Europe, and this will also extend to military matters. The English Radicals suspect that Britain's secretly agreed contribution to an integrated European navy will be the two new carriers, whilst in the “spirit of unity” the French will spontaneously and magnanimously provide the aircraft to fly from these vessels.

At this point in time, an act of this nature would be political suicide both in Britain and France if openly suggested, neither nation's citizens would presently stand for it, but we all know that open debate is not the way things are done by the EU. It is quite likely that the treacherous elites within the French and British governments have already agreed upon this course of action, and some future crisis will be engineered to warrant the joint deployment.

One final thought: The English Radicals would argue that if you are serious about frightening your enemies, you don't want aircraft carriers, but submarines: A missile was launched off the west coast of the USA recently by a vessel of unknown origin that literally slid through their defences, some of the best in the world. How close are you going to get with a bloody big aircraft carrier?

 
Add Comment