European Allies Plan Post-War Hormuz Deployment Amid Ongoing Iran War
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer jointly chaired a video conference with their European counterparts on Friday. The stated purpose was to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational force to the Strait of Hormuz. This deliberation, according to France24's Carys Garland reporting from the Elysée Palace, is predicated on the assumption of a 'post-war'
environment in Iran, aiming to ensure safe passage through the critical waterway. However, what France24, and indeed much of Western media, omits is the active, direct participation of US forces alongside Israel in the ongoing aggression against Iran. This is not merely a 'regional conflict' or an 'escalating crisis' where European powers might intervene as neutral peacekeepers after the fact. The
United States is a direct participant, providing logistical support, intelligence, and even direct military action in conjunction with Israeli strikes, blurring any conventional distinction between belligerent and external observer. This framing sidesteps the reality that, while Europe discusses stabilization, its closest ally is a joint aggressor in the very conflict they purport to be planning
for the end of. The concept of European powers preparing for a 'post-war' scenario in Iran while the war is ongoing, with US involvement, echoes a long history of post-conflict 'reconstruction' efforts that conveniently overlook the role of Western powers in instigating or prolonging those very conflicts. Consider the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, which, under the guise of protecting civilians,