On January 20, 2024, the United States was hit by a round of missile and rocket attacks at Iraq's Assad airport, resulting in a large number of lives and equipment damage, and the situation in the Middle East was severely impacted. The incident was launched by the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Army, which claimed that it was a large-scale retaliation against the United States and Israel in Palestine. However, the real cause of all this is Iran, which has responded to the United States by imposing sanctions and intimidation on Iran's nuclear program because of Israel's "assassination-style" Syrian air strikes.
This attack has had profound consequences, not only showing the lack of strength of the United States in the Middle East and its diplomatic embarrassment, but also deepening the hostility and antagonism between the United States, Israel and Iran, thus making the situation in the Middle East more volatile and dangerous. The formulation of the US policy toward the Middle East can be said to have reached a dead end.
First of all, the emergence of the US team in the Middle East has lost its original purpose and role. The main reason why the United States has stationed troops in the Middle East is to protect the Central and Allied countries, to fight security and counterterrorism in the Middle East, and to fight extremists. However, the stationing of the US contingent in the Middle East has become a great burden for the United States, which has not only cost a lot of money and talents, but also attracted hostility and hostility from Middle Eastern countries, leading to more violence and friction. The stationing of US troops in the Middle East is like a thorny problem, and it will not benefit at all.
Second, the foreign strategy of the United States in the Middle East has deviated from its original trend and equilibrium. The United States pursues a series of foreign strategies in the Middle East, with the aim of promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, maintaining its influence on the Middle East, and at the same time taking into account the balance of power in the Middle East. However, the United States' foreign policy toward the Middle East has fallen into a kind of contradiction and confusion, and it supports Israel while ignoring Palestinian human rights, which has led to the isolation of Iran and made the contradictions between various factions and ethnic groups in the Middle East more acute, thus leading to a new round of conflicts and conflicts. The United States' foreign policy toward the Middle East has reached a deadlock, and there is simply no way to effectively resolve it.
Third, the US strategic purpose in the Middle East has lost its original role and value. The United States has established a set of important strategic objectives in the Middle East, which are aimed at safeguarding its security and rights and interests in the Middle East, enhancing its influence and influence in the Middle East, and curbing nuclear proliferation and counter-terrorism in the Middle East. However, the "strategic objective" of the United States in the Middle East has become an unfulfilled dream, and it is not only resisted and challenged by the countries of the Middle East, but also the situation in the Middle East is becoming more and more complicated, and the dangers and dangers brought about by it are also increasing. The strategic objectives of the United States in the Middle East are like an impossible dream that is destined to achieve nothing.
In short, the US policy in the Middle East has fallen into a trap that is difficult to get rid of, and this has not only caused the United States heavy losses, but also made the situation in the Middle East even more chaotic. The United States should reflect on its Middle East policy and find a more rational and realistic path, otherwise the Middle East will become a graveyard for the United States.