Japan is proposing to develop its first aircraft carriers since the Second World War to counter Chinese expansionism in the region and the threat posed by North Korea.
Posted on 01/05/2020 2:02:09 PM PST by blam
The United Kingdom defended the actions of the Trump administration in Iran, saying the United States is “entitled to defend itself” against Iranian aggression and deploying the Royal Navy to the Persian Gulf to protect shipping vessels flying the British flag.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, expressed support for America’s decision to take out Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani, citing the violence committed in Iraq by Iran-backed militias.
“During the last few months U.S. forces in Iraq, who are based in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government, have been repeatedly attacked by Iranian-backed militia”, Wallace said, in comments reported by The Telegraph.
“General Soleimani has been at the heart of the use of proxies to undermine neighbouring sovereign nations and target Iran’s enemies. Under international law the United States is entitled to defend itself against those posing an imminent threat to their citizens”, the Defence Secretary concluded.
In response to escalating tensions after the death of Soleimani, the United Kingdom has deployed the Royal Navy to the Strait of Hormuz, to protect British shipping vessels in the Persian Gulf from retaliatory strikes from Iran.
Royal Navy warships have not patrolled the strait since November, when the navy had been protecting British ships after Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker, the Stena Impero, in July of last year. The ship was finally released by Iran in September.
Trump Backs Britain: ‘Iran Is In Big Trouble’ https://t.co/RvsmBTenca
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 20, 2019
Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Dominic Raab, speaking today to the BBC, also defended the killing of Soleimani.
“My view is — and the operational assessment has been done by the Americans — is that there is a right of self-defence,” Raab said.
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I hope Japan sends warships to protect their tankers as well.
Keep in mind that, by and large, the two countries have divided citizenship loyalties. The Dems would rather live under Islamic sharia law than Constitutional Republic governance, while the Iranian protestors wish they had our 2nd Amendment.
The world’s economy still runs on oil. And will for a long, long time.
BOTH tugboats?
The United States is energy independent.
Good news.
Yup. I mentioned last night that none of these people had quoted Boris.
About frickin’ time. What a difference an election makes.
I guess the UK aint that pissed at us...
Guess the Lymies now forgive us for what happened at Yorktown and Bunker Hill.
Send their whole navy to the bottom of the gulf before they mine the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan has warships?
That they did well over 70 years ago.
Pound for pound, Japan has one of the best navies, in the world. They have been limited to a self defense force since WWII ended, but most experts would rank them as better than their adversaries across the sea, in The People’s Republic. Thank you.
Technically, it is the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. Its is definitely in the top 10, excluding nuclear weapons.
yes they do. They even have a Helicopter “carrier”, but they have to call it something else to comply with their laws.
Japan is proposing to develop its first aircraft carriers since the Second World War to counter Chinese expansionism in the region and the threat posed by North Korea.
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