Nations Respond With Caution to Trump’s Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz

President Trump’s call for some countries not involved in the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran to send ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz has so far received cautious responses. Mr. Trump named China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea in a social media post on Saturday, urging them to join an effort to guard the waterway, a conduit for a fifth of the world’s oil. Here is how these nations have responded so far: Britain: The British government was already looking at “any options” to help restart shipping in the region and was in talks with allies, Ed Miliband,…