Recently, the most tense place in the Middle East, besides Gaza, is the Red Sea, and the Red Sea is even more interesting, because there is a war in the making, and if you are not careful, there will be a big war in the Red Sea. So will the Red Sea become a "second battlefield" in the Middle East? Let's see.
First, the Houthis have repeatedly attacked merchant ships carrying supplies to Israel, choking Israel's economic lifeline, as well as the economic lifeblood of Europe and the world. These days, the Houthis have attacked eight large cargo ships carrying supplies for Israel in a row. There were German, French, Bulgarian, Israeli merchant ships and even British warships. On November 19, the Japanese freighter "Galaxy Leader" was also seized, and the freighter was converted into a tourist attraction, and the ticket sales were open to generate revenue. This is not only crude but also insulting. On December 14, the Houthis fired ** missiles at a container ship named "Maersk Gibraltar", which flew the Hong Kong flag and actually belonged to a Danish ocean freight company, but the real capital owner behind it was an Israeli businessman, which shows how powerful the Houthi intelligence agencies are. All merchant ships related to Israel, no matter which country's flag they fly, will not escape the eyes of the Houthis, and they will not discuss it. Due to the Houthi blockade of the Red Sea, Israel's urgently needed equipment and daily necessities are very urgent, and the fighting in Gaza has been unable to continue due to the shortage of materials. The United States, seeing that its little brother is in crisis, wants to help but has no power, because the Houthis are desperately choking the vital passage of international transportation in the Red Sea. Fighting snakes and hitting seven inches, the strength of the Houthis is skillful. The Houthis are now completely freeing themselves, going their own way, dominating the Red Sea, looking down on the Middle East, and asking you how the United States is doing with me?
Second, the US aircraft carrier strike group rushed to the aid of a multinational coalition to deter the Houthis and protect the security of the world's shipping routes. The USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group hastily withdrew from the Strait of Holmus, abandoning its deterrence of Iran and galloping to the Red Sea to deal with the Houthis. This withdrawal was also subjected to the "humiliation of the crotch" given by Iran, surrounded by speedboats, followed and shouted by drones, and ordered it to land armed ***. Once again, the United States obediently obeyed, quickly slipped out of the Strait of Holmus and rushed to the Red Sea. At the same time, the United States gathered the British destroyer "King Kong", the German F221 "Hesse" frigate and a French frigate, Israel sent four frigates, plus a American cruiser and two destroyers, lined up in the Red Sea. There have been 11 ** ships gathered in this area of the Red Sea, which can be described as a dense battle cloud, and there is a great tendency to fight.
So are the Houthis scared?Not at all. When four Israeli frigates came to the Red Sea loaded with missiles, the Houthis directly gave a dismount and launched an attack directly with missiles, which was embarrassing. And in front of the Israeli escort**, they launched a missile attack directly on the cargo ship heading to the Israeli port. The United States, France, and Israel tried their best to intercept more than a dozen **, but two more freighters were shot. This is the attitude of the Houthis: "You can't get used to me, and you can't kill me." ”
The United States and Israel are very annoyed. U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan stated: The United States is taking urgent measures, calling on more countries to join the war and form an "international coalition" to stop the threat of the Houthis to international routes. It seems that the United States really can't hold on, and the United States wants to organize an international coalition of 38 countries to gather in the Red Sea, does it want to fight the Houthis to the death?
Third, the United States is also trembling and hesitant in the Red Sea.
1. The Houthis are not good at stubble, but also a tough guy in the Middle East. In 2015, the Houthis fought a big war with the Saudi-led coalition of 10 Arab countries, and as a result, once the two sides fought, the coalition of 10 Arab countries collapsed, and the "slipper soldiers" easily defeated the high-end ** equipped Arab army. Now if the United States strikes and bombs the Houthis with military aircraft, the Houthis will also respond with the "swarm tactics" of drones and the saturation strike of rockets, and use relatively cheap ** to consume the United States' high air defense missiles to fight a "cost-effective" warThe United States has also privately encouraged Saudi Arabia to launch an attack on the Houthis from behind Yemen, or to borrow Saudi military bases for the use of US troops, but Saudi Arabia has refused, and Saudi Arabia does not want to muddy the waters of the Middle East. If the United States launches a ground offensive from the Red Sea, there is no chance of victory, Yemen is a desert along the Red Sea, but the depth behind it is a mountainous area, and the United States dares to fight alone and fight in the mountains with the Houthis
2. The United States has been fighting in Afghanistan for several years with guerrillas armed with AK47 rifles and Stinger missiles on their shoulders and wearing long shirts, and what is the result?Withdrawn in ashes. Going back to the fiasco of the Vietnam War, and then going back to the defeat on the Korean battlefield, the United States is not a winning general, and they also have times of crushing defeats. In front of us, which claims to be 800,000 soldiers and 200,000 reserve troops with excellent equipment, does the United States dare to act rashly?
3, Who is behind the Houthis?It is Iran, the real overlord of the Middle East, and the Houthi's ** equipment comes from Iran, and economically Iran is their biggest financier. So who is behind Iran?Isn't there the support of the "big goose"?When the fierce war in Gaza was urgent, Putin greeted Iran **Raisi with open arms, what important things did they discuss behind the scenes, does the United States know everything?And from the perspective of the strategic situation, if the United States dares to fight the Houthis, thereby provoking Iran, and Iran launches an attack from the Persian Gulf, it is hitting the back of the United States, and the enemy is being attacked on the back, will the United States be able to deal with it?
War is not an easy battle, not to mention that in the Middle East, which is like a barrel of explosives, can the United States not tremble and think twice before acting?