Consider the following and wonder at the depth of savvyness and intelligence that combined to put this on display for the whole world to see..
The British government and military knowing that the US was going to launch an attack on Iran decided to take a long nap and think about it before deciding that the best and only course of action was to do nothing and also to drag their last minehunter home and to scrap their last frigate in Bahrain.
The significant lesson this week was that each of NATOs other members just confessed that they have no actual weapons or warships that are up to the task of fending off even a dismal 3rd world air threat. OTAN will not be joining the battle in the Gulf and will not even attempt to furnish escorts for their oil and gas needs coming through the Strait of Hormuz. I guess they think that their needs will be met via the pipeline to Yanbu. Still, it's a day of reckoning and the tally is in:
This is no surprise and for those who cannot see I will suggest that what President Trump did by asking the world to send warships to the Gulf was to underline, highlight, bold print and force them to confess that they have nothing to send that will stand up to the shock of battle. He knew they would all refuse or mumble a non-answer and so did we. They say a Navy is a terrible thing to waste. Think of all the money, effort, time and man years wasted on navies in Europe.
There have been some rude shocks to the system as we watched Ukraine inflict killing blows on serious warships and the total lack of any meaningful navy efforts in the Black Sea during the war. I do wonder though if the idiots at NAVSEA are now reconsidering the blisteringly stupid and insane idea of buying and building unmanned 'warships.' Show platforms are not worth a penny in a shooting war and now everyone knows it. It would be nice if NAVSEA acknowledged the truth.
Oh, and U-2s? Srsly?
The first U-2 flight was over 70 years ago.
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And as soon as non-combatant India's oil flows through the strait more and more folks will offer an agreement to Iran to be non-combatants and get their oil moving.
I'm sure some dingbat with Trump's ear will suggest pirate submarines and a few naval mines so we can scream IRAN's blowing them up again.
But our nasty habit of bragging WE SUNK a warship during joint naval exercises well way from the "War Zone" in Indian waters and Bragged IRAN doesn't HAVE a NAVY, we're Blasting Every boat and so on...
We abandoned Soft power, China, Russia and Iran didn't, and the world frankly trusts them MORE than ATTACK them AT Diplomacy Tables America. Will use Diplomacy to FIND OUT where they are so we can BLAST their Leaders.
As Pogo said "we've met the enemy and he is us".
International reputation once lost is not easily nor cheaply regained.
Any bets how long before we double down again and land that Marine Expeditionary force into a nice, contested beachhead AND get a sudden Lesson that Ukraine's drone wars should have passed on.
SOFT POWER and the ability to take our bombing is why Iran is doing so well.
SOFT POWER is why despite our massive fleet build up wasn't Attacked by Iran despite much bellicose chatter and movements.
Iran had to wait until Israel predictably would force America's hands by attacking (as Bibi said publicly "with or without America" want links?)
THEN the whole world SAW who was the Aggressor.
That Iran chose to retaliate AFTER America BRAGGED they blew up this or that showed the whole world they were the defenders, NOT the problem.
China's NOT going to attack Taiwan, never was going to. You might Google if Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese wealthy families cross marry.
China's warship-aircraft display is just a reminder how America cannot defend them and maybe a friendly FAMILY deal is better.
Asia is watching us strip our Umbrella of American power from China to fight the Epstein Fury operation. And how American actions are stopping their Oil that passed for DECADES by Iran is stopped.
Pogo was right.
Praying we can figure out a way out of this ego driven tar baby war before we end up with a Scillian Expedition situation. You can google the expedition for details.
BTW BUT Iran for 47 years and all that. The world doesn't care.
They care that their oil is stopped, their Fertilizer isn't getting to the farmers (can you spell famine?) and that for most of the world oil and or natural gas power plants stop making electricity.
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