NATO in Hormuz is not a mission creep

The USS Boxer, the USNS Tippecanoe and the USS John P. Murtha transit the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 12, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David L Ortiz)'Issue is whether the Alliance is prepared to acknowledge openly what its own history demonstrates: that defending Allied security sometimes requires action beyond Allied territory'