Middle East Expert Says It is Time for South Korea to Step Up and Assist Gulf Arab Allies
One Korean Middle East expert is calling for Korea to send troops and ships to assist Gulf Arab allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz:
Korea risks undermining its defense export ambitions in the Middle East if it fails to support key Gulf partners during the current conflict, a Middle East expert warned, arguing that trust built in times of crisis, not just technology, determines future arms deals
Jang Ji-hyang, a principal fellow and director of the Center for Regional Studies at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said Seoul has focused too narrowly on its alliance with the United States and its role as a middle power, while overlooking its strategic ties with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
You can read the whole interview at the link, but something the Gulf Arab countries could use would be for Korea to send air defense units to help them defend against the drones they have been dealing with. This would show proactive support to the Gulf Arab countries while not being involved in active offensive operations against the Iranians if Korea wants to continue to hedge on this war.
But I heard that the Iranian Navy and Air Force were all destroyed and the US has won. That’s what I heard. Please stop spreading lies that the battle is still going on.
There is also the problem of advanced underwater mines. Few nations have the technology to identify and remove them without human divers getting close enough to set off anti-tampering traps.
There is a wide difference between war on land and sea.
And, quite frankly, the oil-rich states need to get up off their craven tail-feathers and build their own dang navies. They can certainly afford it.
Mad Bob and so many others have no ability to grasp a larger understanding of anything beyond what is happening at this moment in one little area.
For this reason, they whine like a newborn kitten at any event because they don’t really understand it.
This whining is selective, though. When someone “on their side” does the same thing, they praise them, never suspecting they are being used. The leadership of the left are users and the masses are stooges.
Remeber, the liberal mind is very simple. It is based on an emotional idealism that doesn’t, and cannot, exist. Since reality never matches their expectations, they live in a state of perpetual anger. But it is the world that is wrong and not them. Their only thought is to burn it down and start over.
Then they blame conservatives who are simply trying to make a messy and complex system incrementaally a bit less messy through realistic thinking and workable programs.
Fortunately, Mad Bob, the interchangeable Korea Things, and other such light thinkers exist to serve as a source of amusement.
…as long as they are occassionally culled so as not to be a major voting block.
Sorry, what was this war for? Can anyone explain?
Mad Bob just crawled out from under his Chinese rock and can’t even Google.
I Googled, and I read that Trump started this war due to failure in diplomacy, deliberate choice for escalation, and political influence from Israel to go to war with Iran.
But I’m told it’s all fake news, so I shouldn’t believe what’s on the web.
That’s why I’m asking.
Poor Mad Bob trying to Socrates his way into convincing everyone of his misguided reality but just looking uninformed.
Since 1979, every president¹ said something needed to done about Iran for very clear reasons.
Trump did something.
If you are too unaware to start the conversation from here, your opinion does not matter.
¹Except Obama, who, instead of empty threats like previous presidents, did something FOR Iran. He paid them off with predictable results.
To show that you are serious about learning something, look up Trump’s clearly stated objectives for this war and his completion criteria.
List them here and we will discuss their validity and how close they are to being achieved.
Trump publicly said things like:
The U.S. and Israel had “wiped out” Iran’s navy and air force and “neutralized” its military capabilities. That Iran was “begging” for a deal because its military was weakened. And that U.S. operations were “knocking the crap out of Iran” and achieving objectives quickly.
These kinds of statements were repeated in speeches and social media posts early in the war.
Sounds like everything’s under control.
You’re right, CH. He/sh/it is just another loser.
These are interesting times.
Iran said they don’t negotiate with terrorists.
Israel said it will fight to the last of America’s soldiers.
Barron Trump said he has bone spurs, so he can’t fight in the Epstein Fury war.
Yes, Setnaffa, Mad Bob is just another anti-American libtard nipping at ankles but avoiding any opportunity to bark.
Because the libtards have nothing, asking them to introduce facts and then discuss their opinion is like garlic to a vampire.
They have only emotional impressions which don’t fit reality so there can be no adult conversation.
This has been recognized for a long time.
So how’s the ballroom going?
Good idea, Bob. Change the subject.
The Ballroom, like all Trump construction projects, will be completed early, under budget, and be first class in every way.
And it is being funded through donations.
This is not a hill to die on.
Talking to you is like arguing with a woman. Once she has been completely shut down in whatever nonsense she has been going on about, the topic quickly changes to something unrelated that is also nonsense.
So when’s the dance party being held there? Will I be invited?
“So when’s the dance party being held there? Will I be invited?”
1. Before the end of 2028.
2. No. The current administration has deprioritized all LBGTQABCXYZBBQ+ activities.