The British tanker was seized because we seized one of theirs at Gibraltar a few weeks ago. We've got one warship out there with two more on the way. Now is the time for other countries to join the US-British-French naval coalition. A new headache for Boris Johnson on top of Brexit before he's even taken office.  

I hope it doesn't come to that, Major, but if it does, it will be quick, clean and done.  France probably has too many muslims within their borders to get involved.  It would give them the perfect excuse to storm the Bastille.

The Bear says it's "Be-Kind-To-A-Canadian Week", so happy belated birthday Little Mr. Cnnismygod.

The Iranians seized two British tankers as a reprisal for their own being seized by the RN last week. Our foreign secretary said there could be serious consequences, HA! What serious consequences? Successive governments have been running our forces down for decades now but underfunding and the Iranians are not the real enemy of the armed forces, it is the forces of political correctness, which has now totally infested them. I don't know if any of you saw any of the TV adds for recruitment to the army here but they were utterly pathetic and had no relevance to the job of fighting a war. One add had a patrol stop in its tracks, with all the soldiers having to sit and wait for their muslim member to go through his prayers. Unbelievable! And they actually think this will win over 16 year old working class white kids? The left has infiltrated the schools, judiciary, the police and now the last bastion of conservative thought, the armed forces. Only last week it was announced in one school that the terms man and women were banned and that boys could now wear skirts to school. It's not now the purpose of fighting a war the armed services are most interested in, it's left wing indoctrination, inclusiveness, all sexual equality, left wing dogma. We actually commissioned yet another report into the running of the forces, (as the others had failed to come to the left's conclusions) which naturally came to the conclusion that the armed forces were sexist, racist, homophobic and a few more phobias thrown in for good measure, but do you know what the most condemning fact was? They are run by white middle aged men! See, the west's anti white obsession has even penetrated our armed forces. Middle aged? Don't the dickheads realise that it takes years to rise to the top of the army? What do they expect? 20 year old Field Marshalls? Every officer above the rank of Brigadier in the British army now has to compulsory attend diversity and equality training courses. The army is on the verge of none military culture and behaviour officers being introduced, absolute madness. They are now putting women on the front line and they will pick out a single one who is up to the task as the very example of why every women can fight on the front line as good as any man. It's bollocks, they know it, we know it, soldiers know it but dogma will prevail. My daughter was in the army and was seconded to an infantry regiment, which she had to train with, including attacks, manoeuvres etc. She is no lightweight, she is quietly tough and resilient but I remember her once saying to me, when it all kicks off you quickly realise you're out of your depth against the men. Now that's the voice of reason and experience the army have lost to PC. The left are now targeting that most sacred of regimental life, their history. Pride is slowly being replaced by guilt of their traditions. Fight Iran? Don't make me laugh.

We all know that politicians are slimy, hypocritical, self serving, lying, selfish, dishonest, creepy, shallow, two faced, deceitful, infantile, illusionary bastards (let's just hope Trump doesn't become a politician) and their dirty habits over the years have severely weakened the west and Britain in particular, as now we are witnessing a helplessness against a bunch of wogs Britain hasn't known in 300 years. The once mighty and all conquering Royal Navy is now just a shadow, a joke of its former self. In a designed plan by the left, which you expect of serial appeasers, aided and abetted by the poncy right, our armed forces are incapable of any form of independent action anymore. Fortunately we aren't as bad as the Canadians but we're heading that way. Look at these figures, in the last 25 years alone we have gone from a pathetic 4 aircraft carriers to just 1. 13 destroyers to 6. 47 frigates to 13. 16 subs to 10. When our foreign secretary talks of serious consequences, the Iranians haven't stopped laughing yet. If we threaten them, do they give a fooK? No, is the answer, why? Because we talk one campaign and deliver another, a surrender campaign. If Trump threatens them they know they're being truly threatened, Trump does what he says, a fact the political world hasn't been able to get its head around yet, despite a hundred examples, they still ask the same old political nonsense.... what does he mean? HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS! Do this or else we'll shaft you good and proper. Iran picks on us because we are a former champion ready for the taking, past our prime and getting more toothless by the decade. Do you honestly think they would have captured a US tanker with Trump in the driver's seat?

Tom, it's not an exaggeration to say that the navy built Britain and Britain built the modern world (evidence at the ready if you need it) and now it's  an arthritic shadow. It's last hurrah was the Falkland's war and if the Argies had only waited three more months before invading, they might have pulled it off, as our last remaining assault landing ship were heading for the scrapyard and the war granted them a reprieve for a little longer. I remember one Tory MP talking before that war about the running down of the navy and he said in serious jest.... if the Russians attack Europe, how are we to get an army there? Using North Sea ferries? The Commons laughed but it was true, we used North Sea ferries to get men to the Falklands. I know it was a one off but it illustrates the gradual decline of our defence ability when the world never gets any less dangerous. Our army is the same, we are down to dangerous levels with a malicious left wing using it as a social experiment. Granted, it's never had continental numbers because it's never had to, we're an island but historically we've mostly neglected our army in peacetime and then expected miracles from it in war, which by and large it's managed to do. but it was an army based on tradition and a deep independent way of going about its business and it doesn't need social nannies interfering in its affairs. However, you have to have a sound base to work from and that base is in danger.

I've just read that the RN has orders for one carrier, four fishing protection boats, one frigate and five subs for the next TEN years.

The Bear says it's "Be-Kind-To-A-Canadian Week", so happy belated birthday Little Mr. Cnnismygod. Your Bear is a smart Bear Shula and his wife should pay more attention to what he says. lol You not only missed my birthday but my 51st anniversary also. You use to be good at dates but I guess when I get to your age I'll be forgetting them also. Off to the wild west starting at 4am tomorrow. Back on the 31 Aug.

51 years! And I thought I was suffering persecution. It's no wonder your brain has become haggled Pete, it's the undue and relenting pressure that's done it. Come over to the rebellious political, dark side, whilst you still have a few functioning brain cells. The reason I have been married so long Major is because I was only a babe ripped from it's cradle when I got married. In fact I think I was still breast feeding.

Well it's been a while since I gave you an update on the pathetic, concocted, TDS driven Russia collusion probe, sorry, fantasy, by the paranoid Dems but I think I'm probably only speaking to Mark right now, as PB will either be in hiding or under psychological therapy. The Mueller report, which he yearned for with a passion, was a dismal failure and totally flopped without an ounce of proof against Trump, considering they had 13 rabid anti Trumpers of the golden pay list to the Dem party, who would gladly have sacrificed a bollock each to get just one ounce of shit on Trump but guess what? NOTHING, as I was telling you for two years. The $30 million wasted Mueller report shattered the lefties, especially the craven fake news stations of MSNBC and CNN, who literally spent two years of Mueller optimism, EVERY single night, absolutely convinced beyond all shadow of a doubt Trump was guilty and heading for jail, only to be shafted good and proper and naturally their listeners were totally disillusioned and left them by the droves, their ratings are now below the gardening channel. Anyway, moving on. Because Mueller had failed to destroy Trump as was his remit, they turned on their ex hero and wanted him hanging, but would settle for him being in front of a senate committee, which he has appeared before and been totally and utterly shagged. It's been blatantly obvious Mueller's had nothing to do with the Mueller report, he's left it to that prize winning rat Weissman and his appearance and questioning has sunk him, his report and every shred of hope the Dems ever had. They have all been completely and utterly humiliated. Trump is riding higher than ever, the Dems are now being dominated by four communist, white male hating females and are heading for the greatest political disaster at the polls in US history. Don't you just love it? Where's PB when you need him?

How about an investigation into the American disease of mass shootings, how many this week, four? They no longer shock, they no longer horrify, they're just normal and apparently acceptable in Trump's America. The price you're willing to pay for your precious gun rights.

Trump may not have pulled the trigger in El Paso, but he has created the climate of hate and fear that inspires such atrocities. And he calls himself a unifier.