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5. Starter had announced that the UK would not directly help until

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Sun May 24, 2026, 08:02 AM

Sunday

AFTER the war "was over".

They have already been involved in a secondary role since the beginning.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143628718
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143635873
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143647855

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143648891 (Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:57 PM)

The UK has discussed deploying autonomous mine-hunting drones in the strait if a viable plan emerges in conjunction with other allies to reopen it, with Starmer previously saying those systems were “in the region.” However, that is a separate proposal to Trump’s threat to blockade Hormuz.

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Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

That doesn't sounds right.......................... Lovie777 Sunday #1

Especially when there is a moronic psychopath in charge of the world's largest military dicking everyone around. littlemissmartypants Sunday #2

Starter had announced that the UK would not directly help until BumRushDaShow Sunday #5

The US doesn't have any mine sweeper ships, gab13by13 Sunday #3

They decommissioned *half and replaced with newer tech ones BumRushDaShow Sunday #6

The Tulsa and Santa Barbara are in Asia now NickB79 Sunday #7

But my response was to this - BumRushDaShow Sunday #8

Trump would bomb their ships just for the fun of it. Irish_Dem Sunday #4

I hope they don't have any.... SergeStorms Yesterday #9