Posted on 07/10/2019 10:01:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday the United States is moving ahead with plans to build an international military coalition to protect waters around Iran and Yemen, AP reports.
Driving the news: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the plan to deter threats from Iran last month, after the U.S. came to the brink of launching military action against Tehran over the downing an American drone. The U.S. blames Iran for attacks on 2 tankers in the Gulf in June, an issue Dunford plans to address with U.S. allies.
The big picture: Dunford said the U.S. would provide "command and control" ships with the aim of other countries offering boats to establish patrols, according to the BBC. He said the U.S. had spoken with several countries who had the "political will" to support the plan, per the BBC.
Dunford said he'd discussed the matter with Pompeo and "we’re getting ready now to move out," according to AP.
"This will be scalable. So, with a small number of contributors we can have a small mission and we’ll expand that as the number of nations that are willing to participate identify themselves."
It'll be interesting to see who they can get to join that has the boats.
Maybe they can subcontract to Somalia.
Who is paying?
Our NATO allies, (with very few exceptions), and Gulf "allies" have only Frigates and smaller vessels - this task is right up their alley.
We don't need to spin our Carrier Task Force wheels on small-fry stuff
NATO allies? LOL! Good luck with that one.
I’m worried that our Carrier Task Force is a real target, for the muzzie(SPIT!) filth.
Why?
Let the Gulf States and the Saudis protect THEIR oil shipments. The U.S. does not depend on or need their oil, and outside of mutual dislike of the Mullahs in Tehran, we have little, culturally with either of them.
Move U.S. military assets back inland, into Iraqi Kurdistan, whether or not Baghdad or Iran likes the idea.
The Gulf is one big sh*thole run by idiots. It is one big suck for America. They need to form their own coalition and spend their own money and resources. It should not our problem that they are dysfunctional and can’t get along.
Are you kidding? Everybody has their own navy and pay from existing budgets
Waving the “who pays” flag verges on stupidity.
Nice try.
O noes.. not the stupidity remark.. i am hurt to the core along with generations of my kids for your opinion. I think that would make them eligible for reparations.
Works for me. But I'm not the one saying we're setting up a coalition.
Fortunately, you and narrow minded folks like you don’t matter
Fortunately for whom???
America
“America”
B.S. That’s a neocon approach.
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