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The #RoyalNavy has 6 Type-45 destroyers, ½ of the originally-planned 12. Design+build cost £6.5 billion at 2009 prices. Running costs more billions.

As the #USA & #Israel started a war on #Iran, the UK had only one ship available, the #Type45 #HMSDragon, sent to Cyprus.

Only 6 weeks later, it broke: https://archive.is/u5qjt

Billions blown on a fake #blueWater navy, as the #UK cosplays a #GreatPower. The #BritishEmpire ended >50 years ago.

Grow up Brits! Sell the ships, stop the waste.

#ukpol

The #RoyalNavy has 6 Type-45 destroyers, ½ of the originally-planned 12. Design+build cost £6.5 billion at 2009 prices. Running costs more billions.

As the #USA & #Israel started a war on #Iran, the UK had only one ship available, the #Type45 #HMSDragon, sent to Cyprus.

Only 6 weeks later, it broke: https://archive.is/u5qjt

Billions blown on a fake #blueWater navy, as the #UK cosplays a #GreatPower. The #BritishEmpire ended >50 years ago.

Grow up Brits! Sell the ships, stop the waste.

#ukpol

#Israel’s #Recognition of #Somaliland is not symbolic — it is strategic. From #RedSeaSecurity to countering #Houthi threats & #GreatPower competition, #Washington can no longer afford strategic neglect. Why the #US should follow Israel’s lead.

https://saxafimedia.com/israel-recognizing-somaliland-matters-us-follow/

#China's "#WolfDiplomacy" in the #HornOfAfrica may be backfiring, strengthening the case for #Somaliland's #Recognition. @SenTedCruz cites #Beijing's heavy-handed tactics as proof of SL's strategic value amid #GreatPower competition. #Geopolitics

https://saxafimedia.com/china-wolf-diplomacy-somaliland-recognition/

#usa #russia #israel #iran :#war / #greatpower / #foreignpolicy / #exchangeofopinions

(Attention! Subjunctive mood...)

»"The call (between Trump and Putin) lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end," Trump said on Truth Social.«

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-war-in-israel-iran-should-end/ar-AA1GIOFB

Time for #ASEAN to stand up in the #SouthChinaSea
"As #Philippines faces #PRC #transgressions against its mission to resupply soldiers st'ned in 2nd Thomas Shoal, stmts of support & concern hv come fr c'tries incl'g Japan, USA, Aust, S Korea & Sweden. But ASEAN has been conspicuously silent.. PRC #violated ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity & Coop'n in SE Asia .. inaction w significantly harm its credibility in managing #regionalsecurity issues, esp'ly those involving a #greatpower"
https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/04/27/time-for-asean-to-stand-up-in-the-south-china-sea/

#Iran is flustered by #GreatPower politics between #Russia and #China, who seem to be working together to give it a #whiplash.

The injury caused by a severe jerk to the #HeadOfTheSnake could be significant in the unfolding #MiddleEast Crisis.

The #contiguous paths in China’s audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative pass through #Arab lands in dispute for more than 50 years since #British forces withdrew at the end of the #Protectorate in the region. Those lands have been under #occupation ever since
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The #ThievesBanquet

1. 1915: #Russia wanted #Constantinople (#Istanbul); Invited #Britain & #France to carve out the #Ottoman Empire among themselves

2. #Britain wanted #Suez Canal and land route from #Egypt to #Mesopotamia (#Iraq) and #Persia (#Iran), thence to #India

3. #France wanted #Syria, #Lebanon, & parts of Mesopotamia

Neither #US, nor #Jews in general, nor #Zionism had anything to do with this #GreatPower politics that played out in the #MiddleEast during the #GreatWar (#WWI)

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Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too

Internet companies should treat people with big followings differently.

... But whether they intend it or not, celebrities, politicians and others with large online followings can be superspreaders — not of the coronavirus but of dangerous or false information. And I wonder whether these prominent people need to be held to stricter rules.

When bogus information moves from fringe corners of the internet into mainstream discussions, it’s usually because prominent people helped it get there. ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/technology/social-media-superspreaders.html

#GreatPower #GreatResponsibility #FakeNews #Misinformation #Disinformation #SocialMedia #Epistemology