John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

The only thing that backfired was the Politicians promises. No surprise there. The referendum was offered on a straight IN or OUT basis and the decision went the way that most politicians couldn't swallow. They've been making a mountain out of a molehill ever since. Perhaps because there is no one else to blame if it all goes wrong in the future. I wouldn't trust our current crop (90% of them anyway) with a monopoly game, let alone real money.

I could go on, but most of us have our own problems in this convoluted world.

ole sarg Loc: south florida

Protect our (US) boarders. You mean like from the millions who entered including the Coward In Chief's ancestors who were immigrants? The US is a nation of immigrants and should remain one. Biggest complaint among the Cuban population who arrived after Castro is that the grandkids don't speak Spanish!

You know nothing of the United States!

Hanksite Loc: Greenville, SC

In war an aircraft carrier has one task > launch it's planes. After that it is expendable.

sr71 Loc: In Col. Juan Seguin Land

Pure Bunk.....

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Where are the planes supposed to come back to?

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

I think you mean borders, not boarders, though from the tenor of your post, it is entirely possible that you mean boarders.


I suspect you do not know, understand or appreciate the difference between "legal immigration" and "illegal immigration, AKA invasion."

I will also point out that 0bama is no longer president, so you should have said the Ex-Coward-In-Chief. See the distinction?"


We are also a nation of laws. We do have laws regarding immigration and they should be followed or changed by Congress, not fiat.



Should we care about what the post-Castro Cubans allegedly complain?

As for your last assertion, I would guess that depends on at whom it was aimed. You might want to buttress your argument by telling us why you think you know more of the United States that your target.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

Too bad, you didn't have one when the German Army kicked your ass all over Europe and the Med. How lucky are you that Germany did not bomb or shell the beaches at Dunkirk???

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

I think you forgot about ...recovery.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

Right about now the only thing the Brits are concerned about is some red-headed kid and his girlfriend. OH, wait. A big todo about she carrying a pocketbook and did or did not wear nylons.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

There may be a difference about assimilating into the American culture. Also the level of welfare and every other entitlement program known to mankind. Sticky little fact about violating the US Immigration Laws. Dare I say it; no foreigner has the RIGHT to enter the US. You go through the process and wait your turn. You are owed nothing.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

Near as I can tell the Royal Navy had at least 4 fleet carriers at the start of WWII, September 1, 1939 and they added at least 8 more before then end of the war.

You might want to read up on Dunkirk a little more; the Germans certainly did bomb the beaches, but the Royal Air Force was there also. I think what you meant to say was "why didn't the Wehrmacht overrun the beaches of Dunkirk? The reason was Hitler would not allow it.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Yes,I remember it well.I was fighting at the time.That was when you stood back and watched us try and fight the evil from Hitler until the Japs sunk a large amount of your fleet.

CaptainBobBrown

Purpose of aircraft carriers is to project force to distant locations. Without Empire Britain doesn't have great need to project force so hard to see where their interests lie in spending money on obsolete tech. In their 1996 book, The Future of War, George and Meredith Friedman noted that throughout history every weapons system became obsolete and more expensive protecting against less expensive and more effective weapons systems until they finally were dispatched by the next more effective system. Thus, heavier and heavier armor was adopted by medieval knights to defeat cross bows so cross bows were improved until they became obsolete in the face of guns, etc. The Friedmans predicted in 1996 that it wouldn't be long before aircraft carrier groups became so large and expensive to defend against submarine, air-to-air, surface-to-air, and land-to-air missiles that they would become obsolete. We're there now. An Iranian owned Silk-Worm can take out a carrier way out of sight of land so "projection of force" is becoming an obsolete concept. Our navy is trying to adapt by pouring lots of money into smaller faster moving "brown water" warships but that will only lead to development of even faster and smaller missile threats forcing the brown water navies of the world to adapt by hauling along faster and more effective missile defense ships as the carrier battle groups have done...and on and on. South China Seas is where we'll see current obsolescence play out.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

That's why there's a "carrier task force" not just a lone carrier. Each carrier is surrounded by a host of ships ranging from missile frigates, to a submarine below it. Their task is to keep the carrier safe from any threat but as others have said, there has been no real test, yet.