Trump says U.S. Navy will blockade Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire talks end without agreement
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President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/world/p/1034118/trump-says-u-s-navy-will-immediately-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-ceasefire-talks-end

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps in sight.

In his first public comments after the 21-hour talks, Trump sought to eliminate Iran’s key source of leverage in the war by exerting strategic control over the waterway that was responsible for 20% of global oil shipping before fighting began.

A U.S. blockade could further rattle global energy markets. Trump told Fox News the goal was to ensure all ships could transit: “It’s going to be all or none, and that’s the way it is.”

  • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Let me clarify: If any ships that passed through were registered to a NATO owned country (not saying that any actually are right now).

    Now the territory part is interesting. So does that mean you’re free to attack a nations resources outside of their borders without giving them a means triggering Article 5?

    • icelimit@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Art 5 doesn’t cover the outlying french (or Spanish. Or English, or Hawaiian) islands for example. So ships - even less so. Art5 (along with all other arts) are an obligation. It gives member countries a strong casus belli, in a sense. Art5 doesn’t suddenly place the armed forces of NATO under some command structure to be commanded at will by US or the aggrieved memberstate.