Trump Is Right to Want Open Sea Lanes

Europeans navies aren’t going to deal with the problem (they barely exist), and so it falls to us.

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A U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Wildcats” of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-131 during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Red Sea, April 12, 2024.

.S. Navy

Is it worth it to the United States to enforce freedom of navigation on the seas?

That question was a subplot in the instantly famous leaked Signal chat over an operation to hit Houthi targets in Yemen.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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