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UK’s empty show of might against Iran

Britain has started another show of might in the Persian Gulf while her military might has been called into question from within the British establishment itself and by her mentors in Washington.

The British media have confidently reported about more Royal Navy warships joining a Type 23 frigate which Britain pled with the US to allow her to deploy in the Persian Gulf.

Royal Navy’s HMS Argyll, which the British media boast of, is the very warship which the US was unwilling to even condescend to accept as part of its sabre-rattling against Iran.

Earlier this month, the Daily Telegraph revealed that the US allowed Britain to tag along in its adventurist mission and accompany its carrier strike group in the Persian Gulf only after the French President Nicolas Sarkozy intervened.

The newspaper quoted a Whitehall source, saying the incident was “humiliating” for Britain.

Furthermore, as part of their empty show of might, the British media reported that the British army would send hundreds of troops to its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, as part of “Britain’s battle plan for war with Iran.”

Britain’s sending of troops to her Arab allies comes as a senior military expert revealed earlier this month that Britain would no longer have an army by 2020.

Commander John Muxworthy, founder and director of the pressure group UK National Defence Association, said the British army would be extinct as the country’s Ministry of Defence continues to cut the number of army soldiers in order to plug a £42 billion black hole in its budget.

Britain’s warmongering policies and sabre-rattling against Iran come as the British government is flexing its military muscles around the globe, especially over the issue of Las Malvinas as it refuses to sit at the table of negotiations with Buenos Aires.

However, former head of the British army General Sir Michael Jackson expressed his doubts over Britain’s military might to confront Argentina over the Malvinas islands as he said it would be “impossible” for Britain to re-occupy the archipelago in case a military confrontation takes place.

The British government’s insistence on waging wars around the globe amid the strong skepticism about its military might comes against the backdrop of great financial woes with which the British people are grappling.

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