I’ve found a great and unquestionable difference between Americans and English people. And it is that we, the British, tend to grow up. With time. Over years. As you’re supposed to. We also develop an intrinsic and instinctual understanding of age-appropriate behaviour and responses. Whereas Americans, on the other hand, tend towards stupidity and retain all the bad bits of the youth most of them never had. Its not about the lack of British ‘reserve’, its about being a nob.

(This is just a personal observation and does not in any way reflect the official position of andysglasses.com nor any of its associated corporations, companies or staff. Mainly because it has none of any of those.)

The Americans decided to bomb the shit out of some errant Houthis. And with my total blessing. We all hate a Houthi. So on a little chat group was the Vice President of all America, Trump’s head-bully and tosser-in-chief, along with the Secretary for Defence, the Secretary of State and a crusty old General or two. So they could follow and discuss the bombing raid, as it happened. Also on the chat was Jeffrey Goldberg. Who? You know, Jeff!! That journalist from ‘The Atlantic’. You wouldn’t leave out old Jeffy, would you? And they didn’t. In a high-level, overseas military manoeuvre and a secret bombing raid on an enemy, they ‘accidentally’ included some random journo in their ‘life and death’ (53 people died in the bombing) deliberations. And celebrations.

And celebrate they did. The texts have all come out. Short on words, high on emojis. Stars & stripes emojis, clenched fist emojis, hi-five emojis, bulging bicep emojis. Just like any group of 14 year old, Andrew Tate followers would send after a victorious school football match.

From a few fat arsed politicos and retired militarists sitting 5 thousand miles away from ‘the action’.

Trump said he ‘knew nothing about the inclusion of Goldberg in the chat group’. And also that he has ‘full confidence in his security team’. Which once again calls into question the President’s judgment. Why on earth would he have confidence in people who managed to add an unwanted, unchecked, potentially unsafe person in their highest of high level SECURITY chat?

The emojis are just what you’d expect from immature braggers patting each other on the back.

This message is being sent only to YOU. Unless I accidentally include Kim Jong Un, Putin, Marine Le Pen or Donald Trump.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx