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I hate people like this because they're just miserable on purpose.

My partner doesn't like Marmite and I do. Solution, I buy Marmite and she doesn't eat it.

Just buy the peanut butter you like, as well.

You're yawning? You're the one that brought it up.

Fuel prices aren't going up at the moment because we have reserves. It's likely that Trump will give up before those run out in 6 months time, so why risk the assets?

I lose nothing by asking out Angelina Jolie but she's going to say no and I'm going to look like a twit.

There isn't a lot of reason for any world leaders to help Trump at the moment. Our strategic oil reserves had some oil in them, it's always a good idea to make sure you have lots of reserve oil before attacking an petrostate, so we can just sit it out for a couple of months.

Also it takes time to ready a naval fleet they're not just sitting around on the off chance that some despotic old fart causes an international incident for literally no reason at all.

So between taking the time to equip and it being strategically advantageous to hold off for a while no one's coming to help any time soon. Also the war is extremely unpopular with the public so there's not a lot of reason for international politicians to damage their reputations, it's not like Trump would be grateful.

If Trump doesn't TACO in the next 6 months then maybe there will be some ships.

Yes but reality and Trump have never been comfortable bedfellows. He claimed that Iran's entire naval fleet had been completely wiped out and it turns out it was just one ship they sunk. And now the world's most powerful military are apparently unable to secure a patch of water about 20 miles across.

He can't afford to fold. He's close to finished as it is, siding with trump would be the last straw.

He's just listing the countries he can remember. It would be interesting to see China working alongside anyone.

We don't have any ships anyway because the prior government gutted the military, just because. They're looking very stupid right now.

It turns out that non of the military powers are much of a threat.

The thing is there is no support for a war so leaders are very reluctant to be seen siding with the US. Even the right wing voters don't want this.

This timeline is unrealistic and poorly thought out.

Even if you ignore all of the ethical concerns with this war, there's no benefit for any other nation. Hell, the only benefit for the US is as a distraction and it's now become too distracting.

Continuing the war causes oil prices to increase and also affects international trade in general. Why would I as a leader of a European nation want this situation to continue?

I can see how Trump managed to bankrupt a casino now.