"When an arsonist comes to your house, it's dangerous. What's even more terrifying is that the arsonist is dressed as a fireman" - Mohamed Aliahi, a researcher at the Hudson Institute, an American think tank, commented on what the United States is doing in the Middle East. Recently, the United States first carried out air strikes in Syria and Iraq, resulting in a large number of personnel**, and then Secretary of State Blinken visited many countries in the Middle East, claiming to "mediate" the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
From the 4th to the 8th of this month, Blinken visited the Middle East again, which was his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Just before his departure, the U.S. military launched airstrikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on the 2nd, resulting in nearly 40 deaths. Before Blinken left the Middle East, the United States used force again on the evening of the 7th and launched a drone attack on Baghdad. Syria said bluntly that the US air campaign once again proves that the United States is the main source of global instability, and its actions have exacerbated regional conflicts "in a very dangerous way". Iraq** stressed that the US-led international coalition in Iraq has become a threat to the country's security and stability.
Military means are not the way to solve the problem, and the indiscriminate use of force will only lead to a larger crisis and exacerbate the cycle of death. Shortly after the U.S. air raid on 2 July, the Iraqi militia "Islamic Resistance Group" announced that it had attacked US military bases in Iraq and Syria again, and the Iraqi militia "Noble Movement" also announced that it would not stop attacking US troops. After the U.S. air raid on Baghdad on the 7th, an angry crowd marched to the U.S. Embassy, chanting "revenge." CNN reported that it was "mission impossible" for Biden to show his might through air strikes and "make sure that the adversary can withstand the blow without a violent counterattack."
The United States has verbally said that it wants to "extinguish the fire" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but behind the prolongation of the conflict is the "arch fire" of the United States. The United States has provided military aid to Israel, increased troops in the region, and "vetoed" the UN Security Council draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza ......A series of operations have continuously exacerbated the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and intensified the confrontation between all sides. On the day of Blinken's departure, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate introduced a supplemental appropriations bill that included $14.1 billion in security assistance to Israel.
The operation of the United States to "arch the fire" on the one hand and "extinguish the fire" on the other side seems to be self-contradictory, but it is not difficult to understand that it can be understood from the perspective of the selfish interests of the United States. Whether it is "arching fire" or "extinguishing fire", it is a consideration of the United States based on domestic politics. As Stephen Walter, a professor of international relations at Harvard University, said, "Both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have chosen to bow to the lobby," and the Israeli lobby "has influenced the core of US Middle East policy." In addition, the US side is "enthusiastically mediating" the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at this time because its attitude on the Palestinian-Israeli issue has already aroused considerable dissatisfaction at home, and it has flaunted the banner of "peace", mainly to appease the rising demands for stopping the war at home and abroad, and to add bargaining chips to the US election campaign.
Plundering resources, creating conflicts, and destabilizing the situation, the United States is accustomed to playing the dishonorable role of "arsonist" in the Middle East. Obviously, a turbulent Middle East is more in line with the strategic needs of the United States than a Middle East that is developing steadily.
Over the past few decades, the people of the Middle East have a scale in their hearts, and the international community has seen whether the United States has brought peace or turmoil, good news or suffering to the Middle East. Today, the United States still wants to stage a "peace show" in the Middle East, and there are not many spectators in the audience.
*:Xinhua.
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