Quote Originally Posted by OH58D View Post
Britannia doesn't rule the waves any longer, with less than 25 ships in their Navy, and about half fit for duty without a full compliment of sailors. I listened to the audio of the exchange between the Iranians and HMS Montrose - it was like the British ship was advising the Persian Pirates to not do anything illegal, while their flagged tanker was being escorted away. With weak allies like that, who needs them.
Perhaps they're now happy to do what many of our "allies" do, let us foot the bill and do the heavy lifting.