Location: United States

US does not want allies, but followers

“Passing ships will be burned”. Those were the words with which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced on 2 March that the Strait of Hormuz would be blocked. Ships that tried to cross anyway would be set on fire. US President Trump made it clear that his allies would have to help open the Strait of Hormuz, and acting passively would be “a foolish decision”. Yet Germany, Spain and Italy indicated no mission [...] (yet).