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One of the main jobs of the USN is to protect commercial shipping lanes. This is of US national interest because a lot of commerce flows through international s
by thereddaikon 3y ago
One of the main jobs of the USN is to protect commercial shipping lanes. This is of US national interest because a lot of commerce flows through international shipping lanes. Its not unique to the US either. Its a historical duty of most nation's blue water navies. The persian gulf does not belong to Iran. Its international waters. But they have a history of using piracy in the persian gulf as a tool of the state and generally acting a destabilizing force in the area. So the US, and other nations often patrol the region to protect civilian shipping.
- dontlaugh 3y agoMaybe the US shouldn't have invaded several countries in the region and encircled Iran.
- thereddaikon 3y agoThis was in the 1980's. Who had the US invaded in the middle east?
- dontlaugh 3y agoThe US orchestrated a coup in Iran and later helped Iraq invade. All for oil money.
- thereddaikon 3y ago>Claims the US was invading countries in the middle east >Lists things that isn't invading the middle east.
- dontlaugh 3y agoI’m describing the beginning of a process that later included direct invasion. Arming and goading Iraq is more covert, but still ends up with an invasion.