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BREAKING NEWS: In a shock U-turn, leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan issued a statement a few hours ago saying YES to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to join military “efforts to ensure safe passage” in the Strait of Hormuz.

Canada issued a statement shortly afterwards, saying it would join Trump’s coalition.

Iran closed the Strait after Trump and Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu launched an unprovoked attack on Iran as it was capitulating to US demands in peace talks. More than 3,000 Iranians have been killed, including hundreds of children.

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ABANDONED PLEDGE

The US Navy abandoned a pledge to oversee safe passage and moved away from the troubled waters--but Trump called on others, China and the western nations, to take action.

China ignored the call, and the western nations refused, but have now changed their minds.

Standing with Trump and Netanyahu on “the Hormuz Coalition” are:

· Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer

· France’s President Emmanuel Macron

· Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz

· Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

· Netherlands’ Prime Minister Rob Jetten

· Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

· Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney

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BLAMING THE VICTIMS

In a now familiar display of anti-logic, the leaders refused to condemn the US and Israel for launching a war widely identified as illegal, but sharply criticized the Iranians for defending themselves.

“We call on Iran to cease immediately its threats, laying of mines, drone and missile attacks and other attempts to block the strait to commercial shipping, and to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2817,” the letter said.

The letter does not specify which nations will send troops or warships or how many. US officials said those details will be worked out later.

Surveys show that the public in Europe, UK and even the United States, strongly disapprove of the US-Israel war on Iran—but the leaders are going against their voters.

Their actions lend weight to assertions that western liberal democracy is a sham, controlled by behind-the-scenes lobbies pushing a heavy militarization agenda.

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COLD-CALLING

How did Trump manage to change their minds? The US President and several senior officials embarked on a series of high level phone calls from Saturday onwards to certain nations, Axios reported. Trump spoke on Sunday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

"Most of this oil isn't our oil — it goes to other countries. So if they want it and they want the price to come down, they need to help out," the official told Axios.

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EAST STAYING OUT OF IT

While western nations condemn Iran, eastern nations have pointed out that the US and Israel are clearly the ones transgressing international law. These include China, Russia, Pakistan and Somalia.

However, Russia is too stretched by western sanctions to send troops, China has a pacifist defence-only military stance, and India and Pakistan are internally divided on whether to support continued US global dominance.