'Suez moment': US missteps in Iran echo across East Asia to the Gulf and Europe

'Suez moment': US missteps in Iran echo across East Asia to the Gulf and Europe Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 20:57 The US is taking from allies in the Gulf, Europe and Asia to wage an ill-defined war that has raised questions of 'competence,' experts say The Royal Thai Navy shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack on 11 March (Handout/Royal Thai Navy/AFP) Off US air defence systems and troops have been withdrawn from East Asia. Pleas for missile interceptors in the oil-rich Gulf have been "stonewalled". Even an air base in Romania has been roped into the US-Israeli war on Iran .