Really? I can surely see Putin worrying about his insurance policies...lol
A blockade is an act of war, yes?
Really? Maybe they should make Obama publicly acknowledge that the Falklands belong to the UK first.
Evacuate all Christians and let the remaining muslims have at each other till there is one left standing.
Give him some hummus and tell him to go to Iraq.
The British Navy is going to block a Putin military cargo vessel?
That’ll be the day.
Replay of the Cuban Missile Crisis...NOT!
re: “Really? I can surely see Putin worrying about his insurance policies...lol”
Exactly. This is Obama standing tall against Russian aggression?? Withdrawing insurance for the weapons??
What a joke we are to Putin. He’s already got Obama’s number and knows he could do anything he wants and our government will stand by and let him do it - except maybe Obama might send Putin a very stern letter.
On the other hand, if Obama actually sent some of our ships to block Putin’s what would Obama do if we found it?
He’ll have to take the Churchill bust back into the WH first...and then exchange the crappy gifts he gave to the Queen for something more appropriate...oh yeah, and then say; “pretty please, Your Highness”...LMAO!! Whadda jerk!!!
Suppose this ship accidentally disappeared in the middle of the ocean due to a massive internal explosion? That would be a real shame.
"Mr. President, we have a foreign policy crisis!"
"Really? Let me talk to the insurance companies ..."
"Mr. President, Lindsay Lohan was found unconscious in her hotel room!"
"Really? Let me talk to the insurance companies ..."
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Hitler was selling tanks and planes (which he claimed he didn’t have) to one side of each neighboring country that was involved in civil wars. His goal was complete takeover.
The US and Britain were aware of it, yet didn’t want to get involved, and possibly start WWII.
You know the rest of the story.
Funny. Just posted on another thread about Russian arms shipments to Syria.
Similar comments would apply here, but I’ll just say this is funny. Imagine getting the news on the ship.
“Yuri, we need to talk. There is a problem with Lloyds.”
“What is problem Ivan? I have a ship to run here. Insurance is your department.”
“That’s just it. There’s no insurance. Lloyds canceled on us.”
“What? Why?”
“Americans. Annoyed at cargo, they made some phone calls and threw us the finger.”
“Goddamit.” (Russian swearing follows). “We were planning on having that bilge retrofit done in port as part of on-voyage damage! Now you’re telling me we can’t file claim and I’m going to smell this damn thing all the way back home as well?”
I’m sure that the midlevel functionaries that orchestrate the superpower proxy fights have some really fun moments from time to time.
serious provacation. More on the story:
Total amateur hour.