Posted on 09/13/2014 8:36:49 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
“And they trust that Muslim idiot Obama with them??”....
He’ll probably give them to the muzzies for their future use.
“And they trust that Muslim idiot Obama with them??”....
He’ll probably give them to the muzzies for their future use.
The favor is/has been US defense of Europe so that you can have a socialist nanny state.
There’s no reason England couldn’t lease the current facilities from Scotland, except English spite.
Well, we could keep the base and hold it, and military there'd be jack shit the iScots could do about it. Politically of course, it would be impossible, and if we tried, you'd probably get Scots Americans going round Scottish cultural events and bars with 'Brits oot o'Scotland' leaflets in the US raising money for car bombs to go off in English cities for years to come...
Try Scottish spite. Salmond actively campaigned on getting rid of Trident. They ain’t going to turn around and grant a lease.
It’s hilarious. One week before the vote and... well maybe we should come up with a plan. Talk about flat-footed.
On it being hilarious, we can agree. So funny watching the politicians run in panicky circles.
It does illustrate the Scots very legitimate grievance with Westminster quite nicely, though. They, like much of the North of England, are treated pretty much how Washington treats flyover country. “Give us your vote, then shut up and take what you are given for the next 5 years.”
The same reason we got involved in WWI and WWII. Because it's Mother England. It's the reason ABCA Armies is a much closer relationship than NATO or any other alliance we've got. Blood is thicker than water. Obviously the blood aspect is a little more dilute than it used to be, but we are ultimately Albion's seed - if not by blood, then by language, law and custom, among other things. The Brits paid for their own deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq, and they paid back all of the Lend Lease Aid we lent to them, in contrast to most of Europe, whose debts had to be forgiven. To the extent we have any friends on this planet, the Brits, the Canadians, the Australians and the New Zealanders are it. And it's because of a common heritage.
Apart from ties of blood and sentiment, it makes sense to court England, if only to pry it away from the European Union. The country is in the midst of a bitter divorce. Why not invite it to an all-expenses paid hunting trip (i.e. provide submarine basing gratis), if only to take its mind off its troubles?
Rotherham is their new heritage
This would just give BOb more nukes to try to destroy. He has said that is his intention with our nukes, and that is one of his statements I believe.
And the US just happens to have an unused sub base sitting around?
I doubt it.
Two people I know closely who are familiar with this say that it is similar to what went on here with Obama hysteria. A lot of people think it would be cool to be part of changing everything with no concept of what they are doing or what they will be getting.
That's what they say. The real reason is that they are so pissed, they fear they would use them against Scotland.
Think again, New Mexico has plenty of nukes. Why we don't use them as deterrence against Texan skiers coming here I don't know.
They can nationalize oil production. I believe SNP has pledged to repudiate its share of the UK's debt. Assuming they manage their economy rationally (like Norway), they should be fine. The rhetoric coming from the SNP suggests Venezuelan policies. If so, they're in trouble.
Repudiate on its debts? They’ll get loan-shark rates on public borrowing if they do that.
In any case, they’ll still be doing about 70% of their external trade with rUK and they’ll be outside the EU, which means we can slap tariffs on all Scottish goods coming in to rUK until the debt is settled.
It is trending that way today. The election is Thursday.
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