Freedom of navigation is in our strategic national interests. It is part of the USN’s mission statement.
The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
Exactly. The US cannot survive without international trade. We consume a lot of stuff we do not produce here. It's been that way since our founding.
Anyone who thinks it’s a strategic national interest for the U.S. to protect a Danish ship flying a flag of Singapore belongs in the same bathhouse as Joe Biden and Lindsey Graham.