US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures

The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, four American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Since 2019, Iran has seized a series of ships in the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, as part of its efforts to pressure the West over negotiations regarding its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers. Putting U.S. troops on commercial ships could further deter Iran from seizing vessels — or escalate tensions further.

The contemplated move also would represent an extraordinary commitment in the Mideast by U.S. forces as the Pentagon tries to focus on Russia and China. America didn’t even take the step during the so-called “Tanker War,” which culminated with the U.S. Navy and Iran fighting a one-day naval battle in 1988 that was the Navy’s largest since World War II.

Maybe we should also stop seizing Iranian ships and cargoes.
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And stealing oil in Syria.

No need to wonder why the global south hates us.
We are just common bullies, stealing from and sanctioning the globe if they don’t bow down to us.

The “Global South” is consumed with jealousy and hatred because it somehow manages to generally be about an order of magnitude less competent than than the presently mostly incompetent “West” and it’s allies.

Hardly. The non west is tired of us being a bully and using the dollar as a weapon, keeping their gold after we place sanctions on them. Last I checked we still had 8 million in gold from Afghanistan from over 20 years ago.
Syria has asked us to leave, and so has Niger. They don’t want our aid. Niger said we should use it to care for all of our homeless and drug addicts.

That is why so many inter country conflicts, like China-India have been resolved...to join together against the bully.

What are they jealous of? LOL.

Transgender take overs, high inflation, fentanyl deaths in the top three, a dimwit president who can’t figure out which way to go from a stage, homeless cities of never before seen proportions, spiraling crime, and residents of Maui being sheltered by Hungary while we send billions to Ukraine?

We are seriously contemplating expat life.
Wait till they force that next fax on everyone and tell you to put solar panels in or lose your social security.

Third world countries are looking better and better to me.

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