Asia‑Pacific and allied nations are reluctant to fully support Donald Trump's Iran war because the strategy is unclear, yet they cannot realistically abandon the United States either. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/09/world/indo-pacific-iran-war-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #nato #southkorea #australia #georgehwbush #firstgulfwar #kuwait #sept11 #joebiden #ukraine #russia #hezbollah #hamas #china #petehegseth #middleeast #oil
The Indo-Pacific price of a hasty war with Tehran

The allies are not abandoning the U.S.; they are recoiling from a war that lacks a defined strategy.

The Japan Times