Pete Hegseth

It's not just the United States Navy.

Last time I checked, there was supposed to be a big, bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to do things like that as well.

So he's pointing out this is an international waterway that we use less than most, in fact, dramatically less than most.

So the world ought to pay attention to be prepared to stand up.

President Trump's been willing to do the heavy lifting on behalf of the free world to address this threat of Iran.

He said it.

As far as NATO is concerned, that's a decision that will be left to the president.

But I'll just say a lot has been laid bare.

A lot has been shown to the world about what our allies would be willing to do for the United States of America when we undertake an effort of this scope on behalf of the free world.

These are missiles that don't even range the United States of America.

They range allies and others.

And yet when

We ask for additional assistance or simple access basing and overflight.

We get questions or roadblocks or hesitations.

And the president's pointing out, you don't have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them.

He's simply pointing that out.

And ultimately, it'll be his decision of what that looks like after this is complete.

Well, just like the previous question, it's sort of military 101.

Don't tell your enemy what you're willing to do or not do.

And don't tell your enemy when you're willing to stop, especially an enemy that likes to hide in bunkers and try to hoard their missiles and hope you'll wait you out.