"When Brittania ruled the waves, you could have sent an invasion force to make us all do it your way...but those days are long over, my good fellow. Learn to live with it. ;-)"

Long over? You read a newspaper lately? Iraq? Afghanistan? Libya? Egypt? Syria?....

And, don't chore me with "details" about why you think I am wrong. Britannia makes the waves. Sail with her or drown.