By John Wight

September 13, 2024

Lame Lammy

The legendary Athenian historian and general, Thucydides, was a man who believed in the supposed verities of war and conflict as a means by which to settle the affairs of state.

It is therefore no accident or surprise that his classic account of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC remains a staple of military academies throughout the West.

Therein lies the problem, because unlike in the days of antiquity, when wars between the great powers were fought with spears and swords, in our time hypersonic missile technology and nuclear payloads have raised wars between the great powers — or perhaps reduced it — to the status of a zero sum game.

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The newly installed Lammy as British foreign secretary is clearly out of his depth. Evidence for this was his hortatory declaration while in Kiev that the West guarantees Ukraine “100 years of support.”

The response to this boast came swift and sharp in the form of an X post from Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. To wit:

“Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy has promised Ukraine 100 years of support. 1) He is lying. 2) So-called Ukraine will not last a quarter of that time. 3) The island called Britain is likely to sink in the next few years. Our hypersonic missiles will help if necessary.”

Continued at link below:

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/13/raising-the-stakes-in-ukraine/