Monday, June 18, 2007

Father's Day

Fathers Day yesterday, so the Wee Guy took me on one of my favourite day trips; down to Greenwich on the DLR [he can pretend to drive it] and go to the Maritime Museum where he can pretend to be a deep-sea diver, a naval gunner or an ocean-going yachtsman.

We saw HMS Ark Royal drawn up right next to the ashen hulk of the Cutty Sark; the aircraft carrier looking stunningly beautiful, and not at all warlike. I explained to the Wee Guy about the lifts that bring up the fighter jets, folding out the wings, and the comic-looking ramp at the end of the flight deck, designed on the back of an envelope for the Falklands War. “They should have used a trampoline!” he said. “Matey, they tried, but the ramp was better...”

At the same time, Falklands War veterans paraded in Westminster; heroes to a very man. More of them have suicided out than died in combat; sadly, our country has chosen not to protect the ex-servicemen who, not counting the cost to themselves, defended us. It denigrates us all. I have often argued that a substantial part of the Task Force’s success derived from the brevity of it’s orders; advance to South Atlantic, expel Argentine forces with minimal casualties, assert lawful UK rule, home in time for tea. Our soldiers are at deadly risk in their current overseas adventures because they do not have a finite agenda; mission creep kills.

Drew Mishmash

18 comments:

N Winton said...

Great to see you posting again! I was getting worried.

Andrew MishMash said...

Thanks W.

No serious concern; full time Dad, singing at the grand opening of RFH, real life taking over for a bit.

Talk live or face2face soon; big news coming.

Be Happy!

Mishmash

Anonymous said...

Good to see you back!

And home in time for tea. LOL.

Rob in Heathen Lands :-)

bye bye bellulah said...

I thought you'd gone just days after I found you! Hurrah!

Andrew MishMash said...

Welcome Bellulah!

If I'd known I had this kind of readership I'd have written more, better, sooner...

Stay in touch, I found you on Age of Uncertainty and thought we'd have much in common. I'll tell you my Glen Duncan funnies at some point...

More soon

Drew Mishmash

Steerforth said...

Why has my 'Good to see you back' comment appeared as anonymous?

Steerforth

bye bye bellulah said...

We crossed posts on meandmybigmouth once, about the Real Tuesday Weld / i, lucifer connection. Looking forward to some of Glen Duncan funnies!

Tis scary that they might get left out there as administrations change and, because it's never been clear in the first place, people forget why they are there and so the fighting goes on and on because it has gone on and on.

Andrew MishMash said...

Steerforth

Not sure - everything else seems ok, maybe you posted while logged off?

More soon, concentrating on new bookshop for a while!

Drew

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