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.
LOL!