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Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war: ‘Maybe we shouldn’t even be there’
President made contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with allies to help US secure strait of Hormuz
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Donald Trump drew a backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the strait of Hormuz were unnecessary – and that “maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all†because his country has plenty of oil of its own.
The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war against Iran to help the US secure the strait amid the largest oil supply disruption in history.
Ghost of Gallipoli: US warships cannot control the Strait of Hormuz
One factor should dominate global strategic policymaking today: that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open only with the consent of the Iranian government. No amount of US naval power can either force passage or safeguard transit.
So Raelene Lockhorst’s Strategist article on 9 March on the effect of its closure on Australia should be taken with deadly seriousness, now, by Australian policy makers.
On the surface, access through the Strait of Hormuz appears to be a naval challenge. And on the surface, the United States Navy has the upper hand. It has almost a fifth of its carrier fleet in the region—the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R Ford—plus a huge escort force. The US military can eliminate all Iranian maritime activity. To date, it appears to have sunk 30 Iranian vessels.
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Australia not among US allies asked to send navy vessels to the Strait of Hormuz
SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia.
Australia not among a list of US allies asked to send Navy vessels to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Source: AAP
Australia has not been asked by the United States to send a war ship to help reopen one of the world's most crucial oil corridors, closed by Iran in response to the US-led war.
President Donald Trump has requested a naval coalition made up from different countries to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has shut to give itself leverage in the conflict.
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