@aplenkveja@Tendar That's right, but at this moment of the war the minesweepers are sitting ducks in the strait. The have little to none defensive means. It would be suรฏcide. And if Iran uses underwater or air drones the sweepers can do very little.
@RepDonBacon You are very right. But all the damage was already done. NATO as we knew it is gone, it will be replaced be somekind of European NATO. And America will be kindly asked to leave Europe in the near future and lose all of it's softpower on the continent.
@WarMonitor3 The US forces assets in the region seem to be already over the so called tipping point for action. To much assets gone in to not start an operation. History has proven that at this point things are almost moving automatically. Only the when is not known.