The top European Union nations and the United Kingdom tried to take a stance against President Donald Trump, refusing to help protect traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump fired back, pointing out that America always comes to NATO’s rescue, especially when it comes to money.
You know, reminding them that they’re all a bunch of cheap and weak jerks who take advantage of America.
I mean, they expect NATO to help Ukraine against Russia. Why not help us a little bit with Iran as we try to end the war the regime started in 1979?
(I will never ever leave out that fact in any of my posts. Iran started this war in 1979.)
*sigh* They’ll never learn that Trump won’t back down or shy away from calling them out. You know that Trump will cut off NATO.
The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands quickly changed their minds.
Those countries and Japan decided to help the U.S. protect the Strait of Hormuz, an important commercial route, especially for oil.
If you don’t want to cooperate or help a certain nation, then don’t sign onto certain agreements. From the joint statement:
Consistent with UNSC Resolution 2817, we emphasise that such interference with international shipping and the disruption of global energy supply chains constitute a threat to international peace and security. In this regard, we call for an immediate comprehensive moratorium on attacks on civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas installations.We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait. We welcome the commitment of nations who are engaging in preparatory planning.We welcome the International Energy Agency decision to authorise a coordinated release of strategic petroleum reserves. We will take other steps to stabilise energy markets, including working with certain producing nations to increase output.
The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2817 on March 11, condemning Iran’s attacks on its neighbors.
The nations left out important details.
The nations are ready to “contribute to appropriate efforts.”
What will you contribute? What are those appropriate efforts? What are your plans?
I can see Japan and Italy stepping up. The others? France is, well, France. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is…I’m going to keep my mouth shut out of respect for my boss.
It’s no wonder we received a vague letter without any specifics.
On March 13, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of War planned to send more Marines and warships to help protect the Strait of Hormuz.
From what I can tell, officials have no plans to put the military on Iranian soil.
What should we do? Should our people help protect cargo that belongs to other nations? I wouldn’t mind only protecting our cargo. I’m tired of helping out these other nations all the time.
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