Trump started a war without consulting any allies and then asked for their help. Evidently, they mostly told him they don’t want to send ships to Hormuz despite his weekend pleas.
Now he’s angry but says the US doesn’t need help anyway.
The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that
they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the
Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact
that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and
that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a
Nuclear Weapon. I am not surprised by their action, however, because I
always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We
will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a
time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their
Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is
gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every
level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the
World, again! Because of the fact that we have had such Military
Success, we no longer “need,” or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance —
WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact,
speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most
Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF
ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J.
TRUMP
The thing is, the US navy dwarfs that of all the others with only China and Russia even registering. I don’t see why South Korea sending a frigate would have done anything anyway.
I don’t know if this post highlights anything insightful on where this is headed, though it will be interesting to see if the US still plans naval escorts or thinks it can defeat Iran without them and re-open the Strait (or if Trump walks away).
The walking away part is something that some advisors have been pushing and with other countries saying they won’t get involved, maybe now he has more cover for it?
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.
