Goodbye, Britain

I’m not the only one who thinks it’s over. So does an ex-Brit, John Derbyshire.

I have been reading the recorded remarks of some of the British sailors and marines. The more I read, the worse it looks—for Britain, I mean, now plainly in its last days as a nation.

Derb wonders what a patriotic Englishman would think of all this.

Here’s what.

Embarrassing? You bet. Back in the early 1990s, I served in HMS Cornwall, from which the 15 captives were operating, and so understand a little bit about this. I’ve also spent time in captivity myself, in Zimbabwe, and have been interrogated by insurgents in Iraq and so have some limited insight into what is like to be held against one’s will.

Am I the only one who finds the conduct of the 15 on camera cringeworthy? Of course, you have to do what you are told when you are a prisoner. When your life is in peril, it is sensible to accede wholeheartedly to every demand.

Update:
Here’s a take from a retired US Army Colonel, Jack Jacobs.