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What Is the U.S. Navy For?

(Council on Foreign Relations) Elliott Abrams - An article entitled "What is a Navy For" (in the Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute) stated, "The Navy's primary purpose is to sustain friendly commerce by sea." The U.S. Navy web site entitled "Who We Are" tells us: "Since 1775, America's Navy has maintained freedom of the seas. Not only for our nation, but for our allies and strategic partners." The Navy isn't seeking to abandon that role and there are many reports that it wishes to do more to defeat the Houthi attacks that have decimated Suez Canal traffic. But it has not been given a green light by the White House. The writer, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, served as deputy national security advisor, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House.
2024-09-03 00:00:00
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