The Coalition of the Willing wasn't willing, isn't willing and won't be willing except to ask these United States to do something, and then they get to complain.
Eeeeee-Uuuuu!
Posted on 03/16/2026 12:34:29 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
European Union foreign ministers showed “no appetite” to expand an EU naval mission in the Middle East to the Strait of Hormuz for the time being, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says.
US President Donald Trump has called on other nations to help police the strait after Iran responded to US-Israeli attacks by using drones, missiles and mines to effectively close the channel for tankers that normally transport a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.
The EU’s Aspides mission — named after the Greek word for “shields” — was established in 2024 to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group in the Red Sea.
“There was in our discussions a clear wish to strengthen this operation, but for the time being, there was no appetite in changing the mandate of the operation,” Kallas tells reporters after a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Dear FRiends,
We need your continuing support to keep FR funded. Your donations are our sole source of funding. No sugar daddies, no advertisers, no paid memberships, no commercial sales, no gimmicks, no tax subsidies. No spam, no pop-ups, no ad trackers.
If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today:
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Cranky old broad.
These NATO peeps remind me of Brave Sir Robin, from Monty Python “Holy Grail”.
Maybe we should rethink our membership in NATO.
In keeping with their history. Thomas Jefferson couldn’t get any help out of any of them when he cleaned out the Barbary Pirates either.
EU in the vernacular stand for Freeloaders.
The Coalition of the Willing wasn't willing, isn't willing and won't be willing except to ask these United States to do something, and then they get to complain.
Eeeeee-Uuuuu!
What the EU has, is no capability to expand their naval mission there.
Cut off the leftist EU grifters.
The European Union has been shutting down coal and nuclear power plants, particularly following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, with 37 nuclear plants decommissioned by 2024 and projections indicating that this number could rise to over 50 by 2030. This trend reflects a shift towards renewable energy sources, although the decline in nuclear capacity poses challenges for energy supply stability in the region.
So the bottom line is that we can sacrifice the lives and well being of our brave young men and women defending THE EUROS’ access to oil while they spend their defense dollars elsewhere and won’t lift a hand to be part of it. Reminds me of the big guy who was a “friend” to many in school only to scare off the bullies. We don’t need them - look to Japan, South America, and SE Asia instead.
Trump to EU - “No oil for you”!
I'm trying to reconcile that statement.
But I can't get there.
Closure of Coal Plants in Europe: 2025-2026 Timeline
https://worldpowerplants.com/en-us/blog/closure-of-coal-plants-in-europe-2025-2026-timeline
I guess they don’t need the oil.
We hope to never see a US Navy ship in the Persian Gulf as a result.
I guess that means they have no appetite to have a seat at the table when the US seizes Kharg Island and decides where its oil goes.
“I’m trying to reconcile that statement.”
“We want that, but we are unwilling to do anything about it.”
In parallel news of the EU, to show their focus:
Zelenskyy, Merkel and Bono get top EU prize Politico.eu, 10 March 2026
I like how Trump ‘boxes in’ his weak-kneed’ supposed EU friends.
Now the folks in Europe can complain to their EU masters when the EU gas stations have no gasoline or diesel fuel.
The EU had their chance to make sure oil flowed thru Hormuz Strait and they said no way.
Oh, oh, oh!!! I speak EU…… they mean “no chance of graft for the fearless leaders of the EU”.
Easy to solve, only allow tankers heading to countries that are providing protect in the gulf. So no oil for the EU
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.