WASHINGTON - The United States hopes to enlist allies over the next two weeks or so in a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen, where Washington blames Iran and Iran-aligned fighters for attacks, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
“We’re engaging now with a number of countries to see if we can put together a coalition that would ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab,” Dunford said. But the U.S proposal for an international coalition to safeguard shipping in the Strait, at the mouth of the Gulf, has been gaining momentum since attacks in May and June against oil tankers in Gulf waters. Last month, Iran shot down a U.S. drone near the Strait, prompting President Donald Trump to order retaliatory air strikes, only to call them off.
“We are quite concerned about mounting tensions in the Mideast, and guaranteeing safe passage in the Hormuz Strait is vital to our nation’s energy security, as well as to the peace and prosperity of international society,” Kotaro Nogami told a regular news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. Nearly 4 million barrels of oil are shipped daily through the Bab al-Mandab to Europe, the United states and Asia plus commercial goods.
Send em... let’s show those bastards what American firepower can do!🇺🇸🤘☠️
Trump had better speak to Sir Kim and ask him to arrange British support......whoops too late, another bit of his foot shot off.
Stupid plan nations getting.oil.from the region should send own navies to escort their own ships
Days left until Trump attacks Iran: 6
Safeguard = take over and control
Naked boys jump from bakhinham palace and how many more kids there they can not jump and how many jump n people didn't see them pedaphiler send them hell
There is always money to spend on our military but not our veterans or children.
Now they want a coalition? How much are they charging to be part of it?
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