We are doing a lousy job of protecting shipping.
“In another development, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels approved a mission to help protect international shipping in the Red Sea. It aims to have the operation which will involve four ships from France, Germany, Italy and Belgium up and running in a few weeks.”
The Euroweenies to the rescue. They will also have limited success.
“We are doing a lousy job of protecting shipping.”
We’ve pretty much GUTTED our Cold War Navy in preparation for war against China and Russia. (doesn’t make sense to me, but it is Neocon policy)
Thus, it’s tough to do very much these days.