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.
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.