Whence, then, the rabid Russophobia that characterised British public discourse after WWII? He debunks the notion that the British Russophobia originates in the inter-imperial rivalry (there was no severe clash of imperial interests, the “Great Game” legend notwithstanding). According to Professor Gleason, a good part of it was due to internal ideological and political polemics, fueled both by journalistic demagogues and representatives of some limitrophe states such as Poland. It is fascinating to compare the anti-Russian political and media campaign of that time with what goes on right now in the US, for example.

    France’s Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate Alsace has turned tail from the Red Sea after running out of missiles and munitions repelling attacks from the Yemeni armed forces, according to its commander, Jerome Henry.

    “We didn’t necessarily expect this level of threat. There was an uninhibited violence that was quite surprising and very significant. [The Yemenis] do not hesitate to use drones that fly at water level, to explode them on commercial ships, and to fire ballistic missiles,” Henry told French news outlet Le Figaro in an exclusive interview published on 11 April.

    “We had to carry out at least half a dozen assistances following [Yemeni] strikes,” he added.

    The commander of the Alsace also revealed that, after a 71-day deployment, all combat equipment was depleted.
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Quote from: patentlymn on Yesterday at 12:44:54 PM

Quote from: Libertas on Yesterday at 09:25:25 AM

https://twitter.com/i/status/1779856547096457555

Turnabout is fair play...

Hello Shanghai Harbor!!!



 

I am not buying the remote control thing for now. I cannot imagine a ship captain allowing that.

So the captain is equipped to fend off a digital era intrusion?

Maybe the drones and inaccurate missiles were to soak up the Israeli AA?
Iran said it was done for now unless there was retaliation for their attack.

https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1779805583979216950
Cameron tries to justify Israel’s attack on Iran’s consulate, while condemning Iran’s response

Journalist: “What would Britain do if one of our consulates was attacked?”
Cameron: “We would respond strongly”

The west lost all its credibility.