Originally Posted by
West Coast
There are foreign forces under US command currently, that if hostilities were to break out will be fighting under the US. Might want to rethink your position.
That's how it is supposed to work, yes.
Originally Posted by
AirScotia
The problem with a joint force of affected nations is that the US would almost certainly insist on commanding it, and there's not a nation on the planet who would put trust in Trump's strategic genius. He also has a habit of turning on allies.
Unfortunately, that impression is an own goal committed by the current administration. It didn't have to work out this way, but I suspect that some nations who might have been interested in coalition ops in SoH are now no longer quite as interested.
Originally Posted by
AirScotia
No non-US leader is going to risk its own troops to such strategic naivety.
Hmm, I think you overstate the case, given how the Gulf allies have responded since the end of February.