On the 3rd, the U.S. side confirmed that three merchant ships were attacked by ballistic missiles and drones from Yemen's Houthi-controlled areas in the Red Sea. During this period, the US destroyer USS Carney shot down a number of drones in one fell swoop. On the same day, Houthi spokesman Yahya Sari also confirmed that the Houthis had indeed attacked two Israeli ships with armed drones and missiles. Although there is a difference in the number of ships given by the two sides, the matter has basically been determined at this point, a number of merchant ships related to Israel were attacked in the Red Sea, and a US destroyer shot down a number of drones, and a small "naval battle" broke out in the Red Sea.
At this point, even the US media admit that this marks a major escalation of a series of Middle East maritime attacks related to the conflict. It should be noted that this is not the first time that the Houthis have taken action against merchant ships related to Israel, there is a "Galaxy Leader", and now the Houthis are still holding it, so the key reason for the escalation of this incident is that the US destroyer shot down the droneOr does the United States just not want Iran to intervene in such an escalation, but it does not exclude its own ** irritating escalation?I have to say, in the end, it is the United States, and it is a good double standard to play!
In the aftermath of the incident, the U.S. Command issued a statement accusing the attacks of posing a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security. They endanger the lives of international crew members from several countries around the world. It was also specifically emphasized that the three merchant ships and their crews involved 14 countries, in short, 14 countries were affected by the attack.
When the United States supported the Philippines in disrupting the South China Sea, it did not mention that it posed a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security, and when it sent aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean, it did not mention that it posed a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security. Now that the Houthis are attacking Israel, which has long been notorious internationally, the United States has come out and shouted that it poses a direct threat to international business and maritime security. The double standard is so straightforward, what does Biden think in the United States?
In fact, the Houthi attack on Israeli-related vessels in the Red Sea, as we have just introduced, is not news in itself, and has happened several times recently. Why?Previously, the Houthis did not want to attack Israeli civilian ships, and the Houthis opted for a more straightforward solution, directly firing missiles and rockets at the Israeli mainland to show their opposition to Israel's atrocities in Gaza, but the US military had to intervene and stop the missiles and rockets fired by the Houthis.
Although the Houthis are considered a strong army in the Middle East, after all, they are only a local army, and the heavy forces, including tanks and fighter jets, even need to be captured on the battlefield to a large extent, and the gap with the US military is still relatively large. If the U.S. military has to intercept it, it will be difficult for the Houthis to hit Israel itself. As a result, the Houthis have been able to watch the civilian population of the Gaza Strip being brutally treated by the Israeli armyOf course, the Houthis refused to do so, so they ran to the Red Sea and detained Israeli merchant ships, of course, the Houthis are still relatively civilized in this regard, only detaining ships and not killing people, and so far, there is no news that the personal safety of the crew of the "Galaxy Leader" is threatened.
Clearly, the Houthis want to use this naval blockade to induce Israel to stop occupying Gaza. But at this time, the United States came to stop the Houthis, so there was this incident.
This is a very ironic incident, the US military is completely preemptive against the Houthis, trying to threaten the Houthis not to attack Israel. This can be called the first scandal in the international community so far this year, watching Israel indiscriminately attack Palestinians in Gaza, the United States ** from top to toe only has one mouth left, asking Israel not to harm civilians, Israel ignores it, they will only be like a repeater, constantly repeating the words that no longer have any influence, demanding that Israel not harm civilians, and in the end will not even impose sanctions.
But in the face of those who really intervene to stop Israel, the US military is unceremoniously attacking. We're curious, what does the United States mean by that?Aiding and abetting?Blatantly pulling the shelf?The United States talks about the "rules-based international order" every day, but what Israel is doing and what the United States is doing today, which one is in line with the rules, and which one is in line with the international order?
However, looking back, it seems that this is also normal, because the United States has always only asked other countries to abide by the rules it has set, and it has never said that it will abide by the rules. Therefore, this matter has no other meaning except to expose Israel's ** and the United States' double-standard hegemony, and all this will be remembered by the international community, letting people know that Biden **, who talks about the "rules-based international order" every day, used to be ugly.
What is really worrying now is that this incident shows that the Middle East battlefield is likely to be expanded, not just in Gaza, and that the Middle East theater is likely to be further expanded in the future, and it is difficult to imagine the crisis that will be triggered by then. And if such a thing happens, the United States and Israel will bear the vast majority of the responsibility.