Looks Like We Need a Guardian for Prosperity Guardian

So let's put this in context again. The Combined Maritime Forces, a loose coalition 39 countries, was formed to combat terrorism and piracy on the high seas. With a specific and explicit mention of protecting major international shipping routes. Responding to the Houthi attacks on shipping headed toward the Red Sea is literally the purpose of the coalition.

The US managed to get 10 other countries (so 11 of 39 including America) to sign up, in part by requiring essentially zero contributions. IOW, nearly 3/4 of countries felt that looking like they were too close to the US/Israel was worse than outright ignoring their commitment to protect international trade from terroris attacks.

Well, the update is that even this farce of a force is at risk. For clarity - France is still part of the operation, but they refuse to follow US command. As for Italy and Spain, Italy says that while t hey are sending a frigate to the region - this was to protect Italy's interests and is not part of Prosperity Guardian. Spain says that they aren't part of any mission that isn't under either EU or NATO leadership.

Clearly these nations recognize the importance of protecting international shipping. From terrorist atatcks. Very obviously the right thing to do. But also apparently, less right than being seen as siding with US/Israel.