Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Romania, Bahrain, Lithuania, Australia and United Arab Emirates on the Strait of Hormuz.
We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.
Nothing about safeguarding. Contributions to “appropriate efforts” could be anything from providing SIGINT, teaching someone how to use an anti-drone capability, to tutting loudly.
Appropriate is quite the weasel word in this context.
And whatever “appropriate” is, the group will only be contributing towards “appropriate”, not doing “appropriate” directly.
Nothing about safeguarding. Contributions to “appropriate efforts” could be anything from providing SIGINT, teaching someone how to use an anti-drone capability, to tutting loudly.
Appropriate is quite the weasel word in this context.
And whatever “appropriate” is, the group will only be contributing towards “appropriate”, not doing “appropriate” directly.
Nothing short of conquering Iran can protect the strait.
They must mean that.The use of weasel words to shirk clarity on commitment is a bit of an indicator that they don’t mean what you said.
I get the vibe that Europe isn’t interested in participation in another Afghanistan or Iraq war.
You must be right. Appropriate efforts would be to do nothing while Iran can hit the ships.