This was the penultimate signal Admiral Lord Nelson sent to the Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Britain should take this message to heart in light of the current stand-off with Iran (the illegal detention of 15 Royal Sailors and Marines). Their course of action should be inspired by Nelson's final message to the Fleet as they engaged the combined French & Spanish fleet - "Engage the enemy more closely."

It should be well noted that the US Navy inherited much of their traditions, nomenclature, heraldry, symbolism and inspiration from the British Navy. While we all hope for the safe return of the captured Royal Sailors and Marines, let us also not lose sight of the greater duty - to destroy the enemy, and to conduct our selves in such a manner, and do what is necessary to secure that end.

Security will not come to the Gulf until the Iranian fleet has been destroyed. Operation Praying Mantis was only the begining.

There is something seriously wrong with the Brussels Commission:

THE STRAIGHT BANANA

Was the European Union trying to ban straight bananas, or bent ones? This story goes back so far that a lot of people are no longer sure quite what the scandal was about. They just remember that Brussels seemed to be taking an unhealthy interest in the shape of this fruit.

If it's abnormally curved, it's not Class I

Here is the correct answer: the commissioners have no problem with straight bananas, it's the crooked ones they don't like so much, but they have never banned them. As Commission Regulation (EC) 2257/94 puts it, bananas must be "free from malformation or abnormal curvature". In the case of "Extra class" bananas, there is no wiggle room, but Class 1 bananas can have "slight defects of shape", and Class 2 bananas can have full-on "defects of shape".

No attempt is made to define "abnormal curvature" in the case of bananas, which must lead to lots of arguments. Contrast the case of cucumbers (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1677/88), where Class I and "Extra class" cucumbers are allowed a bend of 10mm per 10cm of length. Class II cucumbers can bend twice as much.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6481969.stm