UK and Japan among countries that are considering options but yet to commit warships to blockaded shipping route

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.

  • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    4 days ago

    It’s not slightly cheaper fuel and a hull loss of a carrier seems unlikely unless being truly daft.

    It’s less about fuel being expensive and more about it being available. Otherwise some will go without and the poor tend to suffer the most in affordability crises.

    Also I didn’t say you should. Just that it ain’t cut and dry.

    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
      14·
      4 days ago

      Any naval ship in the strait is a sitting duck to AS missiles and drones. Sending British military personnel to risk death defending Trump’s distraction from the epstein files is unacceptable.

      • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
        111·
        4 days ago

        I feel like you are not listening to my point and instead panicking headlessly.

        • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
          8·
          4 days ago

          I am listening to your point.

          I’m disagreeing with it. The USA started this pointless war for vanity reasons. I don’t want to see British troops put in unnecessary danger.

          The only way to stop the attacks would be for America and Israel to occupy the coastal areas and mountains of Iran. Or to surrender.

          A naval ship sailing near an oil tanker isn’t going to accomplish anything.

              • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
                2·
                4 days ago

                Yes. And I said it’s not trivial whether or not to deploy as there are in fact valid arguments for both. It is not as easy as conflict bad = no deployment, cause people might die.

                • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
                  2·
                  4 days ago

                  I hear you.

                  And this is where we disagree. For us (the UK) it really should be that simple.

                  This is an illegal war started for spurious reasons that keep changing.

                  Sending British military personnel to participate in anything other than defensive operations of British assets and interests in the region (such as Cyprus) should be the absolute limit of our involvement.

                  Sending British ships into a 21 mile wide channel where they’re at the mercy of ASM and drones from Iran, for me its an absolute no brainer. Trump only wants us involved to try and share the blame for when it goes wrong. And I woildnt be surprised if he wants us as cannon fodder

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Maybe a certain subset of the US population with have incentive to not act like ignorant fucking clowns when voting the next time if gas gets expensive.