Ships under attack in the middle east

evilsooty999 said:
It's clear dowie gets some kind of thrill out of oil destined for the people of Syria being seized so they can freeze to death in winter. After all we saw with the sanctions against Iraq in the 90s that only the 'regime' suffered and 500K children didn't die at all. They are like magic.

Morally bankrupt people like him aren't worth the time.
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Yet you've gone to the trouble of using another account while your main evilsooty account is suspended in order to spend more time on this.

Defiantly some sort of "stable genius" for using almost the same username too.
 
adam cool dude said:
Does the UK even have the power to go out there and flex their authority? Isn't our Navy pitifully small now and we don't even have planes for our aircraft carriers?
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Still large compared to most, however as I've said many times on this board to the disbelief of the anti-American brigade we have here, the world is reliant on the USA to protect shipping lanes and takes it for granted, they are getting tired of funding this and once its reeled back you will see acts of piracy on tankers and cargo ships increase massively.

I'll just post this as I think its relevant:
Lord-Jaffa said:
I also don't think you have the slightest clue about World shipping trade and the amount the US actually contributes to world security, its basically their version of Pax Britannica at this point. The long and short is, if the U.S. gets out of the game and reduces all of its current military deployments many shipping lanes will fall apart. Bab-el-Mandeb (Britain and France help a little here, but mostly U.S.), Malacca (All U.S and China is VERY aggressive here through South China Sea, pretty much the moment the U.S. leaves you can kiss this shipping lane goodbye unless you pay a toll to China.), Hormuz (Would nearly instantly be shut down due to the Shia in the region). While you might get small upticks in zones, like off the horn, where the U.S. doesn't focus, it would just cost significantly more to ship. If the U.S. went home, the global energy market, and the two largest shipping chokes on earth would quickly skyrocket in cost as every dictator who can go to an arms expo charges a toll. You have no idea at all the scale of the Carrier groups and supporting Military that the US provides to global trade and energy shipping, you expect NATO to cover this, or the UN? LOL
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