Axios<\/a>, \u201cOn Thursday morning, NATO head Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and convinced him to lift his opposition to the political statement of support, while leaving the discussion on the practical steps for later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nNow, to be fair to Rutte, there\u2019s not much he can do. He\u2019s the head of NATO, but he can\u2019t simply deploy force. He certainly recognizes the Iranian threat, and he would like to avoid alienating the United States.<\/span><\/p>\nHe said, \u201cWe all agree, as we always did, that it was crucial for Iran not to get its hands on a nuclear capability, a ballistic missile capability. And what the U.S. is doing at the moment is degrading that capability of Iran. And I think that\u2019s very important. This is important for European security, for the Middle East. It is vital for Israel itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0The Japanese are also paying lip service here; the Japanese prime minister told President Trump, \u201cI firmly believe that it is only you, Donald, who can achieve peace across the world,\u201d adding they would \u201creach out to many of the partners in the international community, to achieve our objective together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nSo what are our allies actually committing to?<\/span><\/p>\nNothing. This sort of stupidity is nothing new for our allies, who are quite fond of empty verbiage as a substitute for credible threat of force.<\/span><\/p>\nGo all the way back to 1919, when the covenant of the League of Nations was integrated into the Treaty of Versailles. That attempt to form a family of nations \u2014 while it was not a success \u2014 led to 1928, when 15 countries came together to sign what was called the Kellogg-Briand Pact.<\/span><\/p>\nIt <\/span>outlawed<\/span><\/i> war.<\/span><\/p>\nDid you know that? That war was outlawed in 1928? The signatories included France, the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, and Japan. 47 more nations joined in as well.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd then, three years later, in 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria and nobody did anything. And by 1941, every single nation that had signed the treaty, with the exception of Ireland \u2014 which basically stayed out of the war and sided with Germany \u2014 was enmeshed in World War II.<\/span><\/p>\nEmpty verbiage.<\/span><\/p>\nThe same thing holds true today. For decades, our allies have pretended to oppose the Iranian terror regime while doing virtually nothing to hold them accountable. They\u2019ve imposed some rather minor sanctions targeting specific officials, unless the United States has pushed them into broader sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\nWe\u2019ve had to do all the hard work, as per our usual arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\nSo here\u2019s the deal. If <\/span>we\u2019re<\/span><\/i> going to do all the work and undertake all the sacrifice and spend the blood and treasure, then we ought to reap the benefit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThere\u2019s been a lot of talk about what the United States ought to do next with regard to Iran. The most obvious move, and one I\u2019ve been advocating, is for the United States to seize Kharg Island. President Trump has been suggesting for a while that this may happen.<\/span><\/p>\nNearly 90% of all Iranian oil passes through Kharg Island. The Iranians have already, in large part, shut the Strait of Hormuz. They\u2019ve already upped the ante in terms of attacks on surrounding gas and oil facilities. So the United States doesn\u2019t have tremendous downside here.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s Iran going to do, attack more oil facilities? We ought to seize control of the oil, and then we ought to let American companies keep pumping it, and then we ought to send it to its final destination, China. China would then know that we are in charge of the spigot; Iran\u2019s terrorist government would be deprived of their monetary flow.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat about the Europeans?<\/span><\/p>\nIf the price of oil rises, they can buy it from us, not the Iranians.<\/span><\/p>\nIf they\u2019re not going to join us as allies, they can pay our companies for the oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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