Following the failure to agree on opening the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. imposed a blockade on the critical chokepoint, making life more dangerous for the sailors trapped by the strait’s closure.
Thanks for this report. My husband has been watching What is happening with Shipping on You Tube since we shipped a load of things to Europe from the US. So, I was watching it last night in discussing the blockade. It is pretty interesting. Here he is talking about the Two blockades.
I think your humanitarian piece about the sailors is very important. It shows another dimension. I do not see how the companies can get sailors in distress home unless they fly them home. Will they be able to reach planes where they can go home or would they get killed getting off of the ship.
Alexandra, while I do hope for the best, and hope your bringing attention to it causes someone to pick the story up and make a humanitarian case for saving the sailors. You have already discussed sailors being getting killed in the SOH, so it is very concerning.
I would say the global famine that might ensure from the fertilizer problems is also a big concern of this whole event, and how people might die and that would destabilize countries too, causing more chaos. Trump is certainly an agent of chaos.
I am reading in a German news summary that Canada, Switzerland, the UK, have joined in with other countries in asking for a cease fire in Lebanon. Here is Reuters listing the countries.
"Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling "for an urgent end to hostilities" in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March.
"Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis in Lebanon," the countries said in a joint statement without directly mentioning U.S. ally Israel or Iran-backed Hezbollah militants."
I am glad they are taking a stand, and wish the EU would as well.
I watch Malcolm Vance (former US intel in ME), Jacob Kaarsbo (former Danish Intel Station Chief in ME), and Wajeeh Lion (Saudi political analyst) discussing the wars each day when I can, and it seems to me that the situation in Lebanon is dire.
Definitely. With Israel bombing Southern Lebanon and a critical bridge don't know what to think. However, there is an official cease first at 5 pm EST today between Lebanon and Israel brokered in Washington, but Hezbollah is not part of it.
Meanwhile, the cease fire between the US and Iran is going to run out some time next week. Then what? Here was an interesting talk on Democracy Now! by a professor who is an expert on the finances in the region, at Exeter. https://youtu.be/kOWefKbalsE?si=pCk_HDJSRbsE2Ovk
I have also been watching "What is Going on in Shipping" news now that my husband got me into it. It feels very Vietnam warish to me because I know people watched war news during dinner, and now that our daughter, who was on Semester break from just before the war against Iran started to this week, was here visiting us is gone we watch it. We did not have that sort of dinner conversation with her here. But, now that it is just us, we often do watch war news during or right after dinner. There are so many moving parts to the situation. Here is that shipping discussion too. https://youtu.be/cGQVhnP0POE?si=LF-oICdEZxv2_5Eg
Thanks for this report. My husband has been watching What is happening with Shipping on You Tube since we shipped a load of things to Europe from the US. So, I was watching it last night in discussing the blockade. It is pretty interesting. Here he is talking about the Two blockades.
https://youtu.be/xddTUc14iOw?si=qhe9m8T-2OyHDNUs
I think your humanitarian piece about the sailors is very important. It shows another dimension. I do not see how the companies can get sailors in distress home unless they fly them home. Will they be able to reach planes where they can go home or would they get killed getting off of the ship.
Thank you so much for your comment, Linda:) A really important question to ask too, we can only hope for the best.
Alexandra, while I do hope for the best, and hope your bringing attention to it causes someone to pick the story up and make a humanitarian case for saving the sailors. You have already discussed sailors being getting killed in the SOH, so it is very concerning.
I would say the global famine that might ensure from the fertilizer problems is also a big concern of this whole event, and how people might die and that would destabilize countries too, causing more chaos. Trump is certainly an agent of chaos.
I definitely agree, it's a really terrifying consequence of this war and so important to remember.
I am reading in a German news summary that Canada, Switzerland, the UK, have joined in with other countries in asking for a cease fire in Lebanon. Here is Reuters listing the countries.
"Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling "for an urgent end to hostilities" in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March.
"Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis in Lebanon," the countries said in a joint statement without directly mentioning U.S. ally Israel or Iran-backed Hezbollah militants."
I am glad they are taking a stand, and wish the EU would as well.
I watch Malcolm Vance (former US intel in ME), Jacob Kaarsbo (former Danish Intel Station Chief in ME), and Wajeeh Lion (Saudi political analyst) discussing the wars each day when I can, and it seems to me that the situation in Lebanon is dire.
Lebanon is beginning to feel like Gaza to me.
Definitely. With Israel bombing Southern Lebanon and a critical bridge don't know what to think. However, there is an official cease first at 5 pm EST today between Lebanon and Israel brokered in Washington, but Hezbollah is not part of it.
Meanwhile, the cease fire between the US and Iran is going to run out some time next week. Then what? Here was an interesting talk on Democracy Now! by a professor who is an expert on the finances in the region, at Exeter. https://youtu.be/kOWefKbalsE?si=pCk_HDJSRbsE2Ovk
I have also been watching "What is Going on in Shipping" news now that my husband got me into it. It feels very Vietnam warish to me because I know people watched war news during dinner, and now that our daughter, who was on Semester break from just before the war against Iran started to this week, was here visiting us is gone we watch it. We did not have that sort of dinner conversation with her here. But, now that it is just us, we often do watch war news during or right after dinner. There are so many moving parts to the situation. Here is that shipping discussion too. https://youtu.be/cGQVhnP0POE?si=LF-oICdEZxv2_5Eg