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April Fool! Highly unlikely that they are.
But after the abject failure of our NATO partners to so much as lift a finger to help us with respect to Iran it's now time to seriously assess our investments in NATO and President Trump and Secretary Rubio both made remarks to that effect.
I expect some NATO nations like France and Spain to be useless. It's in their national character to not be team players. But the Brits and the Germans are especially disappointing, the Brits especially given their skill at foreign intelligence (meaning, they know the score in Iran) and their shared history of being on the receiving end of Iranian terrorism.
Keir Starmer made several remarks today. They're quite illuminating:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-remarks-...First - let me say once again: this is not our war.
We will not be drawn into the conflict.
That is not in our national interest.
And the most effective way we can support the cost of living in Britain is to push for de-escalation in the Middle East and a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz which is such a vital route for energy.Yeah, yeah yeah. We know. Anyway:
And the UK has now brought together 35 nations around our statement of intent to push, as one, for maritime security across the Gulf.
And today I can announce that later this week the Foreign Secretary will host a meeting that brings those nations together for the first time where we will assess all viable diplomatic and political measures we can take…
To restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the movement of vital commodities.
Following this meeting, we will also convene our military planners…
To look at how we can marshal our capabilities…
And make the Strait accessible and safe after the fighting has stopped.
Because - I do have to level with people on this, this will not be easy. Good for them. A bit late to the party, but better than never showing up at all.
He continues, now having suffered an attack of common sense:
We’re taking back control of our energy security, by investing in clean British energy.
Because that is the only way we get your bills off the rollercoaster that is controlled by Putin and the Iranian regime.
And frankly, I am sick and tired of your energy bills fluctuating up and down because we are on the International Market…
…when if we took control of our energy and had home grown renewables, we could stabilise your bills.My bad. There's no common sense there. He's basically pushing more of the same failed green policies they've been pursuing for years.
