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UK will not provide support for US blockade

Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:18 pm
Posted by joshnorris14
Florida
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:18 pm
Posted by rtr72
Alabama
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:20 pm to
Yep our allies
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:20 pm to
Of course they won’t help blockade. They are one of the customers whose oil is being blockaded.
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:20 pm to
Duly noted.
Posted by Faurot fodder
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:22 pm to
That's because they'd have to do it Dunkirk-style. They ain't got a navy to speak of.
Posted by Jack Bauers HnK
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
6074 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:22 pm to
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Of course they won’t help blockade. They are one of the customers whose oil is being blockaded.


Sounds like they can add their tankers to the line headed to the Gulf of America.
Posted by Louisianalabguy
Member since Jul 2017
1882 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

Of course they won’t help blockade. They are one of the customers whose oil is being blockaded.

Oh, and their navy is in shambles! They can't help us!
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:23 pm to
Did we even want their help?
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
2789 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:26 pm to
They don't have the capability to help. They can't even control the Straight of Dover, let alone the Straight of Hormuz.

Their current Navy is barely a step above what Iran had before we sank them all. Truly an embarrassment.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:28 pm to
Exit Nato tonight
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:30 pm to
They couldn’t if they wanted to anyway. Britannia rules the seas is no more.
Posted by Cito2point0
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:32 pm to
Why would they?
Posted by Helo
Orlando
Member since Nov 2004
4796 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:34 pm to
Argentina should use this opportunity to take back the Falklands since the UK can't even field a single warship.

I'd be really curious what the UK response would be.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:40 pm to
They would meet with Argentina and talk about it
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
21639 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:40 pm to
They couldn't get a single functioning ship to the middle east even if they wanted to. This, like everything else Starmer does, is performative.

The LA national guard could conquer the UK in two weeks. Three if it's hunting season.
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
9717 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:41 pm to
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UK will not provide support for US blockade


At this point, does anyone genuinely even care what the U.K. does?

They are no longer a serious nation.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:42 pm to
Do they even have any military ships they could send?
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
31934 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:43 pm to
Don’t they only have 1 operational warship?

They could not help if they wanted to…
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
10520 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:55 pm to

quote:

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman urged President Trump not to back down from this moment of consequence and to eliminate the Iranian threat once and for all. MbS is about as close to a Middle East pragmatist as you can find.

In response, a desperate British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rushed to Saudi Arabia hoping to change the position of MbS. Great Britain is almost out of fuel.

That’s a good place to start looking at the regional perspectives.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
65202 posts
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:55 pm to
Fine by me. Likewise, we should no longer provide support for the UK.
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