Ghost of a flea

Yo ho ho

Piracy on the high seas merited the death penalty until 1998. Now the Royal Navy has taken advice not to intervene lest the human rights of pirates be compromised by sharia courts. Somebody get the Archbishop of Canterbury on the phone... Worse yet, lest pirates claim asylum - and the dole - in the UK.

The Foreign Office is four-square in favour of this latest sordid mistreatment of the Royal Navy. They do not call it "foreign" for nothing.

Related: Cuff links and conversion. Despite my generalized irritation with Prince Charles and fervent hope Parliament will legislate his eldest son on to the throne, I have to admit he makes excellent biscuits. I was also impressed with his forthcoming cuff link collection until I noticed they are of "arabesque" design. You could knock me over with a feather.

Next: Prince Charles on what Islam can teach Britain.

Also not part of our daily lives: Witch burning and scurvy (see above re. pirates). Not to mention the divine right of kings. God bless Oliver Cromwell.

Also related: Sheik Charles of England, "The extent to which the Prince is admired by Muslims-even to the point of hero-worship-has not yet sunk into the consciousness of the British public..." and Ali Sina (and much else), "What's not to like about Islam if you're the Prince of Wales"?

Update: Not to exclude the Army from this generalized leave taking of the senses. The British Army is scaling back operations against the Taliban as it worries it has killed too many of them.

They go on to cite the dreaded "cycle of violence". Here is a thought: Instead of providing safe harbour and material support to the men who killed three thousand people in a morning, thereby triggering the downfall of their evil, barbarous regime, the Taliban might have considered their risk of escalating a "cycle of violence" by f*cking with the sword and the arm of the West. Speaking only for myself here, but I do not feel, say, 1% satisfied with the number of dead Taliban to date. Add a couple zeros to the tally for the Army so far and I might begin to feel - just throwing out a number here, you understand - 10% satisfied. And that only if I knew for damned sure the Afghan front in this game of global jihadi whack-a-mole had been pacified for good.

Trust the British Establishment to have it 100% wrong yet again. One bit of good news. Set to train the Afghan army, India has not forgotten what it means to be British.

Update: Quotulatiousness notes at least two further outrages: "Security theatre" random traffic stops including a racial identity test and a court ruling a "right to life" under combat conditions. Here is an alternative: If the state has taken it upon itself to check the "race" of motorists stopped under the Terrorism Act it would be a better use of police time to stop the people most likely to detonate themselves. Start with doctors and engineers. As for a right to life in combat, equip the troops properly; the best possible armament being rules of engagement that will not land a soldier in front of some kangaroo human rights proceeding.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 14, 2008 06:07 AM

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