09-10-2021, 05:42 PM
(09-10-2021, 05:08 PM)F2d5thCav Wrote: Trying naval action at a distance could get their "army navy" sunk. Having ships is one thing, being a blue water navy is something else.
Cheers
They've already got us surrounded, with troops in Canada just north of Vancouver, troops in Cuba, and making inroads in the Caribbean and Mexico - what the hell else do they think they can do to get closer? Patrol rings around Mare Island or Miramar? Set up bases on Chincoteague?
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’