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That isn't what I am here to write about though. For once, I want to sing the praises of a politician. For me this is almost unheard of. Just who is this politician and why? Step forward David Cameron and his defence of Great Britain in light of being told that we are an insignificant island by the Russians. Now let's be quite clear about this. This is an insignificant little island beset by problems. eE don't hold the sway that we did when we had an empire that spanned a huge portion of the globe. We don't have the resources to mount huge military operations, we don't have the industrial might to have that much clout in the world. However we are a proud nation. We have had all of these things in the past and we have abused them but we can stand back and watch as the Americans mess up their attempts to carve out an empire and administer to it. We can stand back and watch the Russians fail to control their own people by brutality, we can laugh in the faces of tin-pot South American and Middle Eastern dictators. We can stand back and hold our heads up in pride because we did it first. We have made the mistakes that you are making right now. Criticize us and you implicitly criticize your very selves. I am deeply patriotic about this country and its history (perhaps not its politicians) and I still like Shakespeare's description of it in his Richard II, Act II scene i:
"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."
Having said that I am not jingoistic; just patriotic.
Now this is a really tongue in cheek video clip. It is a spoof Kickstarter crowdfunding request to help start World War III. Very, very tongue in cheek and it does take the mickey out of politicians... Enjoy!