And BruceMcF thinks the US are gonna claw back their military empire in the next couple of decades. The delusions needed to maintain such a military simply cannot be journeyed to when starting from reality. keep to the Fen Causeway
In my opinion the most reasonable solution for the Brits would be to choose Rafales for the carriers as there is already a carrier version of Rafale.
But Rafale, the indignity! ;-D Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Or "Yes, we could use the Harriers. Yes, from '69. Well, we could use them against anyone who doesn't have an air force." "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Who are the two humorists? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
(and the hour long Iraq war special they did on the eve of the Invasion is always woth a Watch Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Furthermore, fighter planes are not made to kill, not anymore than kitchen knives. Sure they can kill - but that's not what they're there for. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
A kitchen knife is for cooking with: it's a kitchen tool.
Your analogy is broken, unless you can't tell the difference between serving dinner and severing heads.
Planes are weapons. They are made to serve a function in the kill machine, even if fighters are perhaps not the most direct instrument for mass murder.
