Tag: Sea

Lifeboats sinking in a sea of wokeness

MATTHEW Goodwin has coined a new label – the ‘charity industrial complex’ – a luxury belief class who have no problem with open borders and illegal immigration. In his view such people, awash with a sense of moral superiority, have nothing to feel superior about. No, indeed, but they do give us much to worry about. There is […]

Red Sea strife reveals our defence disarray

LAST week, while our only two aircraft carriers were moored in Portsmouth, the RAF sent four aging Typhoons via Cyprus to bomb Houthis in the hope of giving HMS Diamond a break from shooting down Iranian-made drones. They attacked in conjunction with the US Navy and, while they probably gave the Houthis a bit of a headache, they inadvertently revealed […]

About That Red Sea Deterrence

I have to say I’m not sure what in particular it is that’s not getting the message across that we mean business. A half-assed coalition cobbled together, an absent Secretary of Defense, a mentally absent POTATUS, a lack of any sort of offensive action in response to whatever Houthis do, lack of harsh language, all […]

Besides Not Having a SecDef, We Don’t Have Much of a Int’l Red Sea Coalition Against the Houthis, Either – HotAir

In mid-December, almost as soon as our currently ailing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced his soaringly named international coalition of high seas passage defenders… BREAKING: ⚡ 🇺🇸🇮🇱 U.S. Secretary of Defense General Lloyd Austin will announce a multinational campaign codenamed ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ during his visit to the Middle East next week According to […]

US Carrier Group Back in South China Sea – HotAir

Just because it was Christmas doesn’t mean things have calmed down in the South China Sea. On the contrary, China is loudly vocalizing its displeasure with the Philippines and the United States. Here’s an opinion piece from the Global Times (Chinese state media) published just before Christmas. A peaceful and placid South China Sea is […]