Why the Pentagon sent 3,000 US Marines to secure the Persian Gulf s oil vox.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vox.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The deployment of Marines and Navy personnel aboard commercial tankers in the Gulf is a significant development in the ongoing crisis between the United States and Iran, highlighting the tense situation in the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for accidental escalation.
Americans will understand themselves less fantastically if they consider the extent to which the end of the Selective Service System a half century ago gave them permission to put their public selves to sleep.
By Patrick Lawrence
Special to Consortium News
It is 50 years ago now that old
by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Virtually unnoticed amid alleged drone attacks on the Kremlin, a looming Ukrainian spring offensive and aggressive Chinese military activity around Taiwan, another region is heating up. Two.