If you can't fight back, you can't scold back, why have the Houthis become the nemesis of the U.S. military?
Recently, the fierce battle in the Red Sea has triggered a new round of follow-up developments. According to the latest Reuters report, Saudi Arabia, as a former opponent of the Houthis, did not stand on the same side as the United States in the Red Sea attack, but chose to support the Houthis and urged Biden to remain calm and avoid triggering the spread of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Immediately after, Yemen's Houthi rebels issued an official statement announcing that they would continue to conduct military operations and carry out military strikes against Israel. At the same time, they announced that they would prevent Israeli ships from sailing in the Arabian and Red Seas in order to show their support for the Palestinian people and resist the oppression.
The United States has made tremendous efforts to protect Israeli ships, including sending ** to escort ships and working with regional allies to form a naval contingent. However, all of these plans have suffered setbacks in the Red Sea, where the blockade of Israeli ships continues and the United States appears to be unable to cope with the Houthis.
This result came as a surprise, because throughout the Red Sea attack, the United States was rather helpless and speechless in the face of the Houthis.
It is worth noting that on the day of the Red Sea attack, there were multiple indications that the drones launched by the Houthis were not specifically aimed at Israeli ships, but were more likely to target US ships. However, the statements issued by the United States are constantly downplaying the possibility of an attack on the US ship.
Some high-level U.S. officials are outraged by the U.S. performance in the Red Sea attack. According to past practice, the United States, regardless of whether the other side actually attacked or not, as long as there was suspicion, it was inclined to kill by mistake rather than let it go. However, in the face of the Houthis, the attitude of the United States ** has frustrated some hot-tempered officers. Some U.S. military officers in charge of Middle East affairs have drafted a plan to counter the Houthis, but to their great disappointment, the plan has not been supported by Biden**.
Surprisingly, this plan failed to gain Biden**'s support. Biden's *** affairs assistant Sullivan even avoided condemning the Houthis when reporting the incident, but said that although the Houthis were the actors in the attack, the instigator behind them was Iran. His implication is that the Houthis should not be focused alone, because the real mastermind behind this is Iran.
Sullivan then proposed the aforementioned plan, which was to work with allies to form a naval contingent to escort merchant ships in the Red Sea. This plan appears to be a direct response to the Houthis, but in fact it is an attempt to use the power of others to get Saudi Arabia, which has a history of conflict with the Houthis, has close ties with the United States, and is also the largest littoral state in the Red Sea, to provide escorts for Israeli ships to counterbalance the Houthis. However, the Saudis were clearly not fooled, and the result was a series of scenarios described above, and the United States was warned by the Saudis instead.
Many people may be puzzled, with the power of the United States, why not take direct action to solve the problemWhy do you want to use such sophisticated means to make the Houthis an opponent of the US military?
The fact is actually quite simple, the decision-makers in the United States are mainly a group of businessmen who are profit-oriented, and they seek returns and benefits in any action. However, this "business" with the Houthis is actually a loss-making deal for the United States. Far from having nothing to gain from this military operation, it could plunge the U.S. military into another quagmire. It cannot be ignored that the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have already consumed a lot of resources in the United States, and if there is another conflict with the Houthis, this price will be unbearable for the United States.
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