A rabbi looks and Anglo-American gutlessness
Last week a small group of British troops were kidnapped in Iraqi waters by the Iranians.
The ship upon which the troops were based would have been more than enough to have taken on the Iranian forces at the scene and won. The amount of British and American support within minutes of the scene would have amounted to overkill.
But nothing was done, and today the Brits languish in Iranian captivity.
Rabbi Aryeh Spero herein meditates on how the spines of Brits (and Americans) have deterriorated since the days of Churchill.
Meanwhile, Victor Davis Hanson of the National Review Online considers the matter here.
The ship upon which the troops were based would have been more than enough to have taken on the Iranian forces at the scene and won. The amount of British and American support within minutes of the scene would have amounted to overkill.
But nothing was done, and today the Brits languish in Iranian captivity.
Rabbi Aryeh Spero herein meditates on how the spines of Brits (and Americans) have deterriorated since the days of Churchill.
Meanwhile, Victor Davis Hanson of the National Review Online considers the matter here.
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