The US military set up a "multinational fleet" in the Red Sea, initially announcing that 10 countries would participate, but it "fell apart" just a day later: Either they stood in line with friendship or did not contribute to their work, which made the United States very faceless and seriously inconsistent with the image of a superpowerThe United States, which is not reconciled, has decided to pull in a few more countries and will never allow its hegemonic status to be flattened by others.
According to Reuters, the Pentagon said a few days ago that 20 countries agreed to join the "Red Sea Alliance" led by the United StatesThe spokesman said: The 20 countries have signed, and 12 of them are willing to disclose their identities. According to the information disclosed by the US side, among the 12 countries that have been disclosed, in addition to the previous 10 countries, two new countries have been added: Greece and Australia;Originally, Australia refused to participate in the "Red Sea Alliance" on the grounds that it "had no ships to send", perhaps because the United States exerted pressure, or perhaps because it felt that the United States was too pitiful, Australia finally decided to join this alliance and sent a "huge army" composed of 11 soldiers.
Greece is about the same, just sending a few soldiers, focusing on a symbolic one;But the most interesting thing is the eight countries that participated anonymously. Some people think that it may be Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, that they are entangled by the United States, but they do not want to openly offend the Houthis. This possibility is indeed possible, but there is also such a possibility: These eight "anonymous" countries are purely "friends out of nothing" of the United States, and they are simply made up by the United States to give itself a strong reputationNot only that, but since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries will certainly be listed as "anonymous" prime suspects, whether they are or not, the seeds of suspicion have been planted, and these Middle Eastern countries will have a hard time arguing.
I have to say that Washington is a bad seed in his bones, and he can't do good deeds. But can this approach save the face of the United States?Not really.
First, the United States revealed that eight countries chose to be "anonymous". If it is true, then it proves that the US military cannot guarantee the security of its "allies", and these countries no longer trust the deterrent power of the US military;If it is false, it proves that the US military now needs to rely on lies to maintain its global influence, which is completely self-deception.
Second, the so-called "Red Sea Alliance" and "20-nation fleet" formed by the US military this time are not worthy of the name at all, and many countries have only sent some personnel symbolically, and even if other countries send **, they are only one ship, and almost all of them are perfunctory except for the United States. It is clear that the "G-20 fleet" is, in fact, the fifth fleet of the United States.
It is not difficult to understand that this situation has arisen, and these countries are afraid that they will be dragged into another quagmire by the United States. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Syria, Libya, and then to Ukraine, those countries that followed the United States on the battlefield did not end up with benefits, but got into all kinds of trouble themselves. Who wants to follow the U.S. military to Yemen and the troubled waters of the Red Sea?
This time, it was the Houthis who directly challenged the US militaryAlthough the Houthis are not the "slipper army" in our impression, the degree of modernization of their equipment is quite low, but it is such an armed force that can make the US military throw a mouse, and it has to create a "coalition army" to make a strong reputation. We have to admit that the US military's formation of the "coalition force" this time was an outright failure, and the political defeat was far greater than the military defeat, and once again revealed to the whole world the following message: The United States has become more and more incapable of maintaining its hegemonic status.
We continue to recognize that the U.S. military remains the world's most powerful military force, but it clearly cannot satisfy Washington's geopolitical ambitions. No matter how many allies the U.S. military calls, everyone will remember only one thing: it can't even suppress the Houthis, and then the Pentagon also said that the U.S. military has the ability to suppress Russia or ChinaWho believes this nonsense!