Comment Re:Doesn't like military using their services (Score 1) 307
Because the US gives less of a toss about the Suez canal than it would about the Panama canal. The Panama canal has the ability to keep its Atlantic and Pacific military apart if it becomes impassable. Sure, the carriers can't pass, but the transporters can.
Supply of anything in the Indian Ocean doesn't happen via Suez but from the SEA bases. So why would the US give a damn that Suez isn't exactly a safe passage right now?
Yes, Europe does care a lot more about it. And, lo and behold, it has a bunch of ships there, but even that's a half-assed "yeah, we do something" approach rather than the will to get involved in the whole mess.