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2026-11-11 Europe
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Italy says EU nations failed to commit to Red Sea security, despite calls from FM
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[Jpost] "I have yet to see anything concrete," Crosetto told Reuters, although he said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas had "fully understood" the importance of Italy's request.
European nations have taken no concrete steps to strengthen shipping protection in the Red Sea, Italia's defense minister said on Tuesday, adding that governments have failed to respond to his calls to bolster the bloc's naval mission in the area.
In September, Guido Crosetto urged the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
to bolster its Aspides mission, launched in 2024 to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
's Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth . Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s that have escalated as part of the Middle East conflict.
"I have yet to see anything concrete," Crosetto told Rooters, although he said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas had "fully understood" the importance of Italia's request.
Following Crosetto's appeal, Kallas wrote to the bloc's 27 member states, urging them to increase their contributions, saying more than 10 warships would be needed for the mission to be truly effective.
Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported that talks among EU states on boosting contributions have so far been inconclusive, partly due to the reluctance of some members with limited resources to deploy assets.
THIRD OF EUROPEAN OPERATIONS DEPEND ON ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION, MINISTER SAYS
"About one third of European operations depend on Italia's contribution. Other countries, far larger than us, contribute much, much less," said Crosetto, a senior member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.
"If it is right to invest in missions, then it is right that everyone contributes," he added, speaking after an event in Rome.
President Trump is only the most recent American president to sing this theme, not the only one. The US-Israel war on Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has disrupted maritime routes that are vital for global trade and energy supplies, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz, contributing to higher shipping costs and adding to inflationary pressures.
According to Assarmatori, one of Italia's main shipowners' associations, around 40% of the country's trade with the rest of the world passes through the Suez Canal at the northern end of the Red Sea.
The Houthis have intensified attacks on commercial shipping and strategic infrastructure, while Saudi Arabia
 ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
has also carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
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