''What sort of regime has a flypast to welcome home a ship that was almost repossessed? Would almost be sad if it wasn't quite so funny.''
Captivep, the kind of regime that holds a flypast for a ship that was almost reposessed is likely to be bombastic, unpredictable, and probably delusional.
i'm certainly not going to forgo a good giggle at the plastic ones expense - but conversely i'm not going to assume that she'll do nothing to attempt to expunge this humiliation, or that she won't try to blame us for it and ramp up the tension. its all very funny, but if she publicly blames us she's accusing us of a act of war - which is what sinking a warship is - at which point the whole thing will become very unfunny indeed.