Good answer.
“The world”, if it wants to keep its sea lanes open, should organize patrols in the Persian Gulf to protect shipping. We can back it up, but we should not be on point. Let the Brits, Norwegians, Japanese, the ones whose ships are under attack, step up. We can back them up, but let them be on point.
And, isn’t it time for the Saudis to build pipelines out to the Red Sea? Or out through Oman? They need options just for things like this. Maybe they have them, but I’m not aware.
It’s the Brits that dragged us into WW1 & WW2. They will fight to the last American.
It took “the world” quite awhile to figure out how not let their ships be captured by khat chewers in duct-taped skiffs off the Horn. The Iranians are a whole lot more sophisticated and its going to take a good bit of throw weight to deter them.
Between the Japanese and Royal Navies, they COULD keep the strait open.
Easily.
But they won’t. They would prefer to outsource it to us.
One of the very best answers I have heard of yet.
The “world” had better wake up and tend to their own business and quit bashing the US when they do it for them.
That is so right. Take care of your own problems, England. And stop whining.