Do you - or we - really think that greatness is about these national penis extensions?
We need nuclear submarines like a fish needs a bicycle.
We should also bin aircraft carriers, and the entire generation of baroque aircraft technology and redeploy resources on the real requirements and challenges. "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
Who is the enemy? The French?
... oops, a doublecheck of Wikipedia reveals I have that backwards. Its needed because of the threat of Eastasia. Eurasia has always been our ally against Eastasia. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
