The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is under intense pressure to join US-led plans for an international maritime protection force in the Gulf as signs grow that Iran is preparing for a long standoff over the British-flagged tanker it has detained.
what did we expect to happen here? Release their ships asap and guess what?
.pressure from whom. and do we really want to Stoke a cold war conflict just so Trump can guilt the electorate?
PERSIAN GULF!
maybe if the uk didn’t have so many “interests” across the globe it would be easier to manage a navy
Well who are they going to subcontract this job to, P&O?
Getting involved in America's wars again...bad idea
UK started this themselves, so stop moaning
Too little too late.
dude there ain't no way in a month of Sundays the U.K. & U.S. are gonna go to war with a country that's nuclear capable
I have no assets there so please don't feel the need to rush to war on my behalf.
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