Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Sinking feeling

I get a sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach:

"The Royal Navy has appointed its first Muslim Rear Admiral, Pakistan-born Amjad Hussain, a British newspaper said Friday, April 14."

This is all going so fast.

"Rear Admiral is the fourth-highest rank in the Royal Navy, equivalent to a major-general in the Army or an Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force."

Conventional armed forces are getting increasingly less relevant. That is little consolace.

1 comment:

Snouck said...

jmaria:
"Do you fear he could be disloyal to Britain or is it only a general distrust of foreigners in the West?"

Snouck:
Both. He could open doors for Muslims. Doors to acceptance. To appointments. To arms.

The British Navy has access to an American facility storing nuclear weapons in Georgia. Connect the dots....

And it would be interesting to know where people s loyalty lies when the chips come down.....