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Wen Sister Xiong. The hypocrisy and "refinement" of the Americans is truly breathtaking.
According to the Financial Associated Press on December 21, recently, U.S. spokesman Miller said at a regular press conference that Secretary of State Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yitong said recently that Yemen's Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea have harmed the interests of all countries, including the United States and China. Lianhe Zaobao saidThis means that the United States hopes that China will play a constructive role in containing the Houthis. There is also an analysis that says,This means that the US side expects China to join the US-led escort operation.
But at the same time, the US "Newsweek" published a commentaryIt is not Iran but China that really stands behind the Houthis and supports their attack on US ships.
Although the United States formed the "10-nation coalition" and launched "Operation Prosperity Guardian" to counter the Houthis, this is only a stopgap measure, the article said. The United States should "capture the thief and capture the king first". And although it is widely believed that the Houthis have relied on Iran's best equipment and financial support to develop to their current size, the biggest "benefactor" of the Houthis is not Iran, but China - because China is increasing the amount of oil purchased from Iran, which in the first nine months of this year was at least 60% higher than in 2017, which has brought Iran ample fiscal revenue.
On the one hand, he wants China to attack the Houthis, and on the other hand, he slanders China for supporting the Houthis to attack the United States and is the "biggest financier" of the HouthisThis hypocritical and contradictory face of the Americans is really disgusting: they want to use China's influence to ease regional tensions, and they also want to contain China's legitimate rights and interests through accusations;It claims to maintain peace and intervene in regional conflicts with military force. Even they themselves are importing oil from Iran, but they still have to accuse China of buying too much oil from Iran.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, although the U.S. still imposes sanctions on Iran, the U.S. will purchase from Iran from time to time starting in 2020**. Of course, the amount purchased by the US side is not much, and the highest time is 660,000 barrels, with a minimum of 1 per day40,000 barrels, but if you follow the theory of the American media,The Americans themselves may be regarded as one of the "financiers" behind the Houthis.
What's more,China has always played a constructive role in the Palestinian-Israeli issueThis includes calling on the Palestinians and Israelis to cease fire and cease fighting as soon as possible, and pushing for the adoption of relevant resolutions by the UN Security Council. On the contrary, the United States is the one that has not played a constructive role in the Palestinian-Israeli issue. The US has not only vetoed the resolution calling for an early ceasefire between Palestine and Israel in the UN Security Council on many occasions, but has also continued to provide military aid to Israel. Nowadays,This kind of escort action is even more "adding to chaos" that is not in the interests of regional countries.
Some analysts believe that the US escort operation,In fact, it is trying to re-evolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a conflict between the Arab world and Iran. The U.S. accusations that Iran is a supporter of the Houthis, while ignoring the enormous harm done by Israel to the Palestinian people, and at the same time encouraging Arab countries to join the coalition, will obviously only exacerbate tensions in the region and make the entire Middle East more chaotic.
What's more, this coalition organized by the Americans is nominally to escort merchant ships, but it is not clear about its specific implementationSpain, which was on the coalition list, even announced that it would not participate in the operation for the time being. Some people in the international shipping industry also complained to Reuters that shipping companies are now completely confused about the coalition forces - they don't know how many ** will be in place, they don't know how long they will be deployed, how they will implement the escort plan, and whether they can bring real security guarantees to the shipping companies. "What will they do besides knocking down the missiles?”
Therefore,The US escort operation is not only a hypocritical show, but also a dangerous adventure. If the United States really wants to maintain peace, it should respect the resolutions of the United Nations, the will of countries in the region, and the rights of Palestine, instead of using force as a means, interests as the goal, and lies as an excuse to create more contradictions and conflicts.