Armchair Admiral Mugs

'M.O.D. find budget replacement for the Fleet Air arm.'

Naval Power of England and France

"'I don't want war'. . . well, wither our translation program is broke or this president has a strange kind of humor!"

Israel/Palestine Conflict

Driverless cars rage.

'How do you like my fantasy weekend so far?'

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

'I think they're up to something.'

'I'm not taking that money to buy drugs. I'm taking it to pay bribes if I'm caught with my drugs.'

"To begin with, I would like to express my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet with you. While there are still profound differences between us, I think the very fact of my presence here today is a major breakthrough."

A military officer sits at his desk with desk trays marked 'Search' and 'Destroy.'

"Now there's a weapon of mass destruction."

"I don't think you can get a peace prize for ending a war that you started."

'But you're an admiral. How can you feel seasick on a waterbed?'

'Well, he's always been a hero to me.'

"How can you feel queasy, we're barely out of port."

'So, what do you want to talk about?'

'...It's O.K. hon', it's just the third world.'

'Carry on sailor, just keep swimming around the coast and stick your head up now and again.'

"Uh...I wonder if this is still a good idea."

EU

Militant Pacifists

"We're making the World a safer place for nuclear explosions."

"Ahh, shade."

Uncle Mort, you fought in Korea, right? You think that war will start up again? Not if I can help it. It was the morning of July 27, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. I was pinned down on Pork Chop Hill. My bazooka had run out of ammo. All I could find to load into it was a stuffed panda bear. I loaded it and fired that bear into the maw of the enemy. It struck one of them atop the noggin. Moments later, the armistice was signed. Every July 27th, I awaken at dawn and chuck that same panda at the

Actualities - The European Equilibrium

Tank driver wielding a slingshot.

'War!... What's it good for?'

'He runs this firm like a ship.'

"If we don't comply, they're threatening us with liberation."

"My, it feels good to sit down."

Military history

More Excuses to Stay in Afghanistan

"Today U.S. Defense Industry stocks rose on news Dick Cheney endorsed Donald Trump."

Horatio Nelson