Last week, the US revealed a shipment of helicopters heading from Russia to Syria then, with egg on their face, admitted that the helicopters weren’t new purchases but were rather old Syrian helicopters which had simply been repaired in Russia.
The admission came Thursday, but that apparently wasn’t the end of it, as rumors continued that the British government apparently spent the weekend mulling various actions against the ship, with rumors that they were going to stop the ship by way of insurance cancellation.
Apparently this was an extremely sanitized version of the events, however, and officials are now revealing that during the weekend a high-level series of meetings were conducted raising a number of possibilities, including a military assault on the ship aiming at its capture.
Officials say that “all options” were considered against the ship, which carried the three repaired helicopters as well as some air defense missiles aimed at making a possible NATO attack on Syria less convenient. The revelation suggests that NATO hostility toward Syria could very quickly escalate into overt military action against Russia.
If Cameron was man enough he should go to war with Putin – Russia himself with rest of his Neo Liberal Fascism, go on you English Divid Cameron man of honor put on your funky suit and your red hat and start the war. The same hat that you wear when you visit your masters, you know which one I am talking about, you old chump.
Cowards only attack the weaker. nato will not attack anyone even close to its power.
Hitler did , he was mabye brave and insane, but he was defeated in 1942 (KURSK, Stalingrad).
Nato can try if the generals there are not cowards and they want an end of all of us ……
One of these days the arrogance of US, UK, or Nato military powers is going to get their hands chopped off.
Or get us all killed in the nuclear war we thought we missed.
Three helicopters? We were supposed to believe their panties were ruffled over that? Given that and the air defense missiles it seems like the same thing as with Iran in that what they really can't tolerate is a difficult target.
Whatever you do, don't lock your door. Burglars might want in.
“NATO… overt military action against Russia.”
Illusions of illusions, for in their arrogance do they not realize that overt military action against NATO is automatic, if NATO goes for a no-fly zone over Syria?
There's no way they were going to seize or attack that Russian ship. NATO doesn't fight with nations that are actually dangerous and can fight back.
The linked article in Independent:
‘….after departing from Leningrad port.’
Bias. anyone ??
[moderator’s note: Probaby not. A little Googling seems to indicate that there is, in fact, a “Leningrad Port” in St. Petersburg – TLK]
@ moderator
I dont think so, this is what the official St Petersburg Port says about it.
‘On December 8, 1992 open joint-stock company “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (JSC “SP SPb” was founded on the base of Leningrad Sea Commercial Port. ‘
– but maybe the ship left the port 20 years ago 🙂
http://www.en.seaport.spb.ru/article/3/
[moderator’s note: Um … so? Google pulled up a reference to a Leningrad Port specifically described as separate from St. Petersburg port from Shipping Gazette, circa 2006. Tunis was built on the ruins of Carthage, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still places called Carthage – TLK]
Imagine when China would stop any US ship cruising in the Chinese sea …
British pussiezm at its best. I challenge any british general or military commander to stop or capture any Russian THING let alone a ship.
oBoo how about China stopping Ships going to Taiwan that they think might be carrying US supplied Weaponry. Also remeber that Chian has the VETO and Nukes to back itself up with!
Arms sales to the Syrian government are totally legal. Arming opposition groups (terrorists) is totally illegal. This means that our arch-enemy during the cold war, Russia, is right, while the freedom loving US and UK are wrong. We have obviously adapted the ways of the old Soviet Union. For any of us who lived through the cold war this is a horrible thought, but a horrible truth.
I just hope that the stupid and arrogant Brits one day are doing something like that.
It would take (in my estimate) only three large nuclear rockets of the Russians to make that British "empire" history. And I would really wonder if the US would do anything.
That's our stupid and arrogant leaders including the so called 'loyal opposition' who're "cruisin' for a brusin'". Unfortunately it's the rest of us who'll get it.
It looks like the British and American Navies are going after the Somali pirates to eliminate the competition.
Obama probably asked David boy to please DO… something!!
The Brutish, those who started marine piracy in the past, seem reluctant to quit their habit. However, under present day terminology, such act if committed is called terrorism. The fact that they were considering to attack a ship in international waters during peace time goes further to show that these people not only are war criminals guilty of murdering Iraqis in their war of choice but are criminally sick and need to be recognizes as such.
Empire Russia — Lesser of two evils in any dispute with Empire USA
In any battle royal between two Empires, the greater Empire has all the bloodguilt. For the last thing any nation wants is a war to the death with any Empire more deadly.
typical of the scumbags from eaton in our government, they probably lie after they done it too
The idea that Nato could take "overt military action against Russia", be it over Syria or anything else, is so absurd as not to be taken seriously. Both this article and the London Independent story on which it is based strike me as irresponsible warmongering. Note that we are not told who supposedly asked Cameron to consider bombarding the ship with expired insurance policies. And, of course, the "officals" who supposed revealed this striking development (conveniently!) cannot be named. My instinct tells me that the Independent article is a fabrication and Mr Ditz should not have given it further publicity.
Not to be a WW3 alarmist, but Britain did start WWII because it felt it had to support Poland.
So at the behest of their US masters the UK was willing to risk a war with Russia to help Islamist come to power in Syria. The world has clearly gone insane.