If we had a competent government, a couple of U.S. Navy destroyers would be deployed to “escort” these wayward vessels to wherever they were bound, and otherwise make sure that they came to no harm—such a long, long way from home.
And a couple other heavily armed Navy ships would also be deployed to make sure that things stayed nice and peaceful, all the way around.
The Israelis will do nothing. They can’t take on the full weight of world opinion on their own. Once, they could count on us. But they cannot count on us for moral—or any other kind of—support from Hussein Obama’s America.
You underestimate the oratory ability of Hussein Obama.
He’ll call for a beer summit with Iran.