Posted on 07/30/2019 5:15:47 AM PDT by Cronos
Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of “state piracy” in the strategic waterway.
...“We will now seek to put together a European-led maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this vital region,”
In Nicaragua, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the British tanker of endangering shipping by turning off its signal for longer than permitted and by “passing through the wrong channel.”
Zarif said Iran’s actions were not in retaliation for the British capture of an Iranian tanker two weeks earlier in Gibraltar and he warned the West against “starting a conflict,” saying Tehran was not seeking confrontation.
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Good. It’ll expose that France and Germany expect someone else to do the heavy lifting while they enjoy the benefits.
Yeah, Johnson may have gotten that idea from Trump!
Ironic given the impending no-deal Brexit. But understandable. The UK can't do it alone and they're not going to ask the U.S.
Can they muster enough ships for this to even happen?
YOU broke it, YOU fix it.
The captain of the British tanker was a fool to ever give permission, or to let the Iranians on his vessel.
And the British navy in the area was negligent in not IMMEDIATELY ordering a DIRECT MILITARY ACTION to IMMEDIATELY retake the ship.
The crew was entirely foreign. Some of them are Russian I believe. If they killed Russians, the latter would have gone apeshit. They don’t fuck around with foreign governments who murder their citizens.
A couple of frigates, maybe a corvette or two?
Germany - 10 frigates,
France - 10 destroyers, 11 frigates,
Britain - 6 destroyers, 13 frigates,
Netherlands - 6 frigates,
you get the drift....
Europe only leads in oppressing it people and capitulating to Moslem invasion. Perhaps Britain is attempting to illustrate this?
Britannia rules the waves. Except in Hormuz.
And Great Britain used to rule the seas two centuries ago.
I guess the rum and different sexes in the CIC had something to do with the decline.
5.56mm
„Mitglieder der Bundesregierung haben klar gesagt, dass die Freiheit der Seefahrt geschützt werden sollte. Unsere Frage ist, von wem?“
France has an aircraft carrier
The Brit Naval commander was a wimpy coward. He should have attacked the Irnians...... that is his job
He failed absolutely.
Prior to that - from the 1480s to the 1740s you had Spain as the dominant sea power. And look at them now
Times change
This is the same EU that came up with INSTEX in order to get around US sanctions on Iran.
The EU is in bed with the mullahs.
I guess the Brits will need to bring HMS Victory and Warrior out of retirement.
The EU has chosen Iran over America. The EU is about the Iranian treaty as Democrats are about Russia collabaration. They are beating a dead horse
Germany is leading Europe to destruction.
The UK must decide........ America or Iran?
Bestimmt night der Deutsche Kriegsmarine. Ihre Schiffe sind nicht seetuchtig - und zweiffellos nicht einsatzbereit.
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