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The promise made by EU foreign ministers on Monday not to take part in the war against Iran (“This is not our war”) lasted just three days. On Thursday, the heads of state and government of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan issued a joint statement in which they pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

The statement makes no mention whatsoever of the US and Israel, which attacked Iran 20 days ago in violation of international law and have been bombing it non-stop ever since. Instead, it blames the victim for the war and accuses Iran of breaking international law.

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[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Very misleading title. Europe won't go to war against Iran.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They'll probably help to reopen the strait tho. France even has agreements that say so.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

They'll probably help to reopen the strait tho.

But only after the war has ended and a diplomatic solution has been found And this context isn't provided here.

France and others are currently protecting the island of Cyprus which lies between Greece & Türkiye in the Mediterranean Sea ( it's like 2.200 km apart)

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

And despite not naming the US and Israel (because diplomatic statements are weird), it does include a explicit call for "all sides" to respect international law and a moratorium on striking energy and civilian infrastructure, which encompasses their actions, too.

Not that the wording isn't explicitly created to be served to Trump as appeasement, but it's also absolutely not what the headline or the article says it is.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a wsws link, did you expect factual reporting?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

they will do sparkly intervention instead