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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American people could think of it anther way. By not getting involved, other countries are attempting to keep this as a bad idea by Trump and not full on WWIII which would probably be the result if NATO got involved now. What you really need is some adults in the room in the WH who convince Trump that it is his brilliant genius idea to just walk away.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

Yeah but you also assume reason on the other side. That's not granted. The joke now would be for the US to just walk away and Iran to re-open the strait EXCEPT for ships with a US interest (and probably Israel's). "Retribution for the damages."