United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada express 'readiness' to safeguard shipping through Strait of Hormuz (www.gov.uk)
from Beep@lemmus.org to world@lemmy.world on 20 Mar 08:10
https://lemmus.org/post/20970979

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MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 20 Mar 08:42 next collapse

The line is:

We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.

That is not quite the same thing as safeguard. Appropriate efforts can just be working on peace in the region and brining in some minesweepers to clean up the strait after the fighting ends. My understanding is that most of these countries have ruled out opening the strait by military means.

Typotyper@sh.itjust.works on 20 Mar 08:50 collapse

Well the better bring in air defence to stop Israel from continued bombings. Then maybe the can get Iran to calm down. The big issue is Iran will want safe guards against western aggression. They have nothing to gain otherwise.

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 20 Mar 09:49 collapse

Most of these countries are probably low key happy about the war. It distracts the US from invading Greenland for example. The only big issue is that the strait should be open, so the oil price does not go even higher.

Typotyper@sh.itjust.works on 20 Mar 11:42 collapse

Assuming the article I saw wasn’t AI or just plain fake, he’s already gloating about siezing Cuba

He’s a child who gets board, but I also think he wants so much civil unrest inside the US he can cancel the elections

RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world on 20 Mar 09:07 collapse

You a biiiitch!

Or at least the leaders of all these countries are.