UK PM Starmer rejects Trump: UK will not send ships to the Strait of Hormuz
According to The Daily Telegraph today (March 16), France, Germany, and South Korea have also not yet been prepared to deploy warships. Japan and Australia also stated that they do not plan to dispatch naval forces to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal cited U.S. officials as saying that the Trump administration still plans to announce the formation of a coalition this week to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Comment: The UK leading the refusal, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Australia collectively not responding—Trump's attempt to establish a coalition for escorting the Strait of Hormuz faces a collective cold shoulder from allies. This is both a rational choice for countries unwilling to take military risks for U.S. geopolitical games and unwilling to get involved in Middle Eastern conflicts, and it also exposes the illusion of the "one call, many responses" of the American-style alliance. Trump wants to share costs and transfer risks with allies, but no one is willing to be a cannon fodder.
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