UK and Japan among countries that are considering options but yet to commit warships to blockaded shipping route
Countries including the UK, Japan, China and South Korea have said they are still considering their options but without making commitments after the US president, Donald Trump, urged them to send warships to the strait of Hormuz to secure the vital shipping route.
The effective closure of the strait of Hormuz by Tehran, in retaliation for airstrikes by the US and Israel, has proved catastrophic for global energy and trade flows, causing the largest oil supply disruption in history and soaring global oil prices.
However, the international response to Trump’s call for the dispatch of warships has so far proved vague and reluctant, with countries unwilling to commit to a military response that could prove treacherous for their navies.
Iran has already offered all countries the out of kicking out the US and Israel embassadors so that their ships are allowed to pass the Straight.
Further, my impression is that at least in Europe and especially after the Greenland affair, most of the public opinion thinks Trump is an untrustworthy liar AND because they attacked Iran unprovoked, America and Israel are the ones to blame for the increase in fuel and gas prices they’re already feeling.
(There’s enough independent press in most of Europe that the “blame Iran” messaging is far from dominant)
The idea of sending European ships into Trump’s war is incredibly unpopular and whilst I don’t think we’re quite yet at the stage were kicking out the American embassador would be popular, the more fuel and gas prices go up the more acceptable it looks.
Then the whole Epstein files thing throws suspicion in people’s minds on any European politician that’s a little too eager to do what America or Israel wants.
At the very least the offer from Iran introduces doubt and confusion making it far harder for blackmailed European politicians to find a way to justify the incredibly unpopular idea of putting European ships and military at risk because of a war of pure aggression started by America and Israel.
I don’t know about you but my youtube feed is now filled with NATO propaganda…
This looks like a job for the Board of Peace!
The world should say “Drop the tariffs and we will talk”
Then say “No”.
I’m not sure the American people have learned their lesson yet. I say let the Tariffs continue until they realize they should never elect another Republican again. I say that as an American paying for the tariffs. The answer should just be “No.”
The strategy has been to turn allies against us in every way possible. Gee I wonder why they’re not clamoring to risk life and limb for trump now. And lol, his first instinct is to threaten them to get their help.
He simply cannot fathom how to handle a situation where he doesn’t hold all the cards. He was born rich and through his entire life he’s only had any success because of combining that unearned wealth with psychopathy. He holds no cards right now.
So far, the US has not sent its own navy ships to escort tankers through the strait.
Then why would other countries send ships to help in a war that the United States of Israel started without consulting them??? Trump, again, shitting himself and expecting others to clean him.
In Plane interview last night, Trump threatened NATO members to join the war. “We will remember their inaction/US has a long memory” after a year of threats and extortion against all allies. There is no known offer to allies to “be paid” to help. Meanwhile, Israel has authorized, for first time in history, to pay for its own weapons. Trump’s threats come with declaring it a victory if oil prices increase for allies, because US oil companies getting richer is “good for America”.
Despite “ahead of schedule on plan” claims, this is all obvious defeat. Every other country in the world is much better off getting Iran’s permission to cross without military escorts. They need to extort and threaten the US to get them to declare victory and lift sanctions on Iran. Just buy Iran’s uranium, and STFU. US would need to pay more to allies for their help than they’d pay Iran to save face.
The US has a demonstrated very SHORT memory. Who came through for them after 9/11 by landing US bound flights, then fed and sheltered those stranded folks and finally sent their troops to die in Afghanistan?
Only to be ridiculed, tariffed and threatened now.
After mistreating all of his allies, after humiliating Ukrainians in the Oval Office, and after saying he already won this thing multiple times, he keeps requesting others to take risks for him.
Other countries should wait for his navy to get there first before risking their ships and people.
Remember the Greenland thing?
Europe remembers!
Please stop sane-washing calling any of the military or government “his”. It’s supposed to be our government and our military. Don’t let him normalize that it belongs to him.
Wtf would China, of all countries, join us? That’s just fucking stupid.
The #1 solar country with one of the highest totals of electric cars gives a shit about oil, why? Also they don’t really have the capacity to project power. So they’re like wtf, why are you looking at us?
Once again, the USA being the only NATO member to ask ‘allies’ for help, only to later call all of them freeloaders.
I thought it was “already won” and he didn’t need anybody else’s help?
I thought he didn’t need any help with the war he had already won?
Moron calls for aid. Crickets
Goldman Sachs says Iran war is just distraction from private markets https://archive.ph/fz9AZ
Mission accomplished! We won the war!…Now everyone help me out with this war! 🫲🍊🫱
Right now North Korea looks like more respected and competent country than USA. I’d even say any country
