:"Just weeks after [[President Trump]] declared the [[Strait of Hormuz]] “COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS” only to see ship traffic stall, the administration is now asking other countries to join a new [[international]] [[coalition]] that would enable ships to navigate the waterway...The effort, called the “Maritime Freedom Construct”, was spelled out in an internal [[State Department]] cable sent to U.S. embassies on Tuesday that called on [[U.S.]] [[diplomat]]s to press foreign governments into signing up." | :"Just weeks after [[President Trump]] declared the [[Strait of Hormuz]] “COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS” only to see ship traffic stall, the administration is now asking other countries to join a new [[international]] [[coalition]] that would enable ships to navigate the waterway...The effort, called the “Maritime Freedom Construct”, was spelled out in an internal [[State Department]] cable sent to U.S. embassies on Tuesday that called on [[U.S.]] [[diplomat]]s to press foreign governments into signing up." |