Russia, Turkey, Iran: Adversaries of the West's NATO Alliance

El rechazo de la propuesta norteanericana para organizar una fuerza de proteccion conjunta de los ataques de Iran en el estrecho de Hormuz va a inflamar las tensiones que ya existen entre Washington y Berlin.

Ya la relacion entre Trump y Angela Merkel son tensas en varios temas, desde el obstinado rechazo Aleman de los principios de la NATO, hasta las relaciones con Rusia cercanas a traves de la construccion de la coneccion de gas del Nord Stream 2.

Esto puede considerarse como un sabotaje diplomatico  y economico.

La reciente postura de Iran en el estrecho de Homuz, por el que pasan 1/5 de las necesidaDes de energia del mundo, afecta mas a la situacion de tension ya existente, sumado a los recientes hechos en donde Iran ha derribado varios drones Norteamericanos, y la detencion de varios barcos mercantes como al STENA IMPERO.

PERCY C. ACUNA VIGIL.

by Con Coughlin  *  August 5, 2019 at 5:00 am

Germany's outright rejection of Washington's request [to support Washington's proposal for a maritime protection force in the Arabian Gulf to protect shipping from attacks by Iran] is likely to inflame tensions further between Washington and Berlin.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is already at odds with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a range of issues, from Germany's obstinate refusal to meet its Nato funding commitments to its pursuit of closer energy ties with Russia through the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Mr Trump is highly critical of the project. He argues that it will make Europe, and especially Germany, too dependent on Moscow for its energy needs, which could undermine the resolve of the Nato alliance to take a robust stand against Moscow in any future confrontation.

So, at a time when the Western alliance is already struggling with how to respond to Turkey's deepening military ties with Russia, Germany's refusal to fulfil its obligations to protect shipping in the Gulf will be interpreted by adversaries of the West such as Moscow and Tehran as yet further evidence of what would doubtless please them very much: deepening divisions within the Western alliance.

Germany's point-blank refusal to support Washington's proposal for a maritime protection force in the Arabian Gulf to protect shipping from attacks by Iran is yet another example of Berlin's diplomatic and economic sabotage of the Western alliance. Pictured: U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference on April 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Germany's point-blank refusal to support Washington's proposal for a maritime protection force in the Arabian Gulf to protect shipping from attacks by Iran is yet another example of Berlin's diplomatic and economic sabotage of the Western alliance.
Following the recent upsurge in Iranian aggression in the all-important Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf shipping artery through which flows one-fifth of the world's energy needs, Washington has sought international backing for Operation Sentinel, its naval operation to protect shipping in the region.

This search follows a series of Iranian attacks, including the shooting down of a US Navy drone operating in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a number of attacks against merchant shipping, such as last month's seizure of the British-registered oil tanker Stena Impero.

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