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> The UK will be fine on it's own, because they have always been under the influence of a greater global political power. I'm assuming you mean the US there an

> The UK will be fine on it's own, because they have always been under the influence of a greater global political power. I'm assuming you mean the US there and ... I'm not convinced because when the UK asked the US for assistance with their Iran-seized ship recently, the US told them to go away. They had to go to the EU for assistance (hilariously.)

newsgremlin 7y ago
That just shows the power dynamic between the two, and military assistance is a lot more open and obvious than the murkiness of the financial industry. The UK itself can't protect all this wealth with only a fraction of the power it once had. This current issue is not a biggie, the US doesn't really need to get involved over a single British flagged tanker that is operated by a Swedish company with no British crew. The US already has been trying to hurt Iran with sanctions and pulling out of the nuclear deal, and they stated themselves that they have no interest in protecting tankers in the strait of hormuz. Clearly not important enough for the US's own oil industry.