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Hunt tried to set up a European mission out of fear that US hawks might use these operations as a means through which to escalate tensions and force the UK to terminate support for the Iran Deal. Such an escalation would fuel internal UK divisions further
France, Italy and other EU states are very sketchy about any US operation in the Gulf out of the same fear of getting dragged into Bolton's war. Johnson better hope the IRGC stays quiet otherwise anti-war mobilisation among many UK voters destabilises UK politics further
With EUNAVFOR the EU has a system for running convoy operations that can be extended. If Johnson and Wallace want to put the fate of UK security in the region in the hands of Bolton, Pompeo and Trump then they have to live with all the risks for UK domestic politics that opens up
There is a large milieu of British defence enthusiasts that consistently overestimates the UK population's appetite for war.
A conflict whose legitimacy isn't accepted by a large proportion of the UK population can do enormous damage to the position and future of the UK military
A conflict whose legitimacy isn't accepted by a large proportion of the UK population can do enormous damage to the position and future of the UK military
