Reuters: US allies reluctant on Red Sea force amid Gaza fury
The United States announced the launch of a new international maritime force in response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping.
But just over a week after the launch, many U.S. allies don't want to be associated with it publicly, or at all.
The Pentagon says 20 countries have signed up for the the defensive coalition, Operation Prosperity Guardian.
It aims to ensure billions of dollars' worth of commerce can flow freely through a vital shipping chokepoint in the Red Sea, as the Houthis try to inflict an international cost over Israel's campaign in Gaza.
But nearly half of those countries have so far not come forward to acknowledge their contributions, or allowed the U.S. to do so.
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Update #1: Operation Prosperity Guardian tussles with internal strife amid Spain, Italy, and France’s conundrum (Republic World)
Update #2: US-led Red Sea task force in trouble as countries hesitate to join (Semafor)
Update #3: The ‘Gulf’ widens as GCC states differ on US strategy against Yemen (The Cradle)
WNU Editor: The Germans and its European Union partners are trying to cobble something together .... Germany in Talks With EU Partners on Red Sea Maritime Mission (Reuters).
4 comments:
From what I understand, only Israeli bound shipping is being attacked. I can't see where this is reported anywhere.
Israel and the US are a toxic brand right now. Everyone is eager to protect their own shipping but nobody wants to take on the burden of bearing Israel's consequences for them. What do countries like Spain and Germany gain from entering the scuffle and making targets of their own ships?
On the flipside it's in the Israeli interest to associate as many other countries with itself as possible in order to paint the shipping problem as a global one.
It is easy enough to see which countries have been fully captured by the global usury class simply by reading the list of prosperity guardian participants. Forgive the lack of surprise in my tone when the next story in this saga revolves around a Canadian or British ship getting hit.
Not bound, but owned, or partially owned and even then the houthi have got it wrong
The cost of goods going the long way rather than the red sea effects everyone's economy , that's why
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