Middle East chaos: The U.S. team is out of control, and the situation in the region has deterioratedWhen the international community has been trying to reduce tensions in the Middle East until the end of 2023, the actions of radical Zionists have made many countries' efforts go to waste. After entering 2024, the situation in the Middle East has begun to deteriorate gradually. At present, the conflict has broken out in a fourth country, and the control of the US military in the Middle East is weakening. Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, US military units in Iraq and Syria have been attacked by local militias hundreds of times, according to Global Network and CCTV News. At the same time, due to the large influx of low-cost civilian drones into the Middle East market, local residents quickly converted them into military ones and used them to attack the US military, causing serious distress to the US ** team stationed in the Middle East. After the latest attack, the US military in the Middle East completely lost control, and for the first time in many years, it re-bombed Baghdad.
The attack resulted in the immediate death of the commander and deputy of the armed group of the Iraqi militia. Iraqi officials said that the US military killed Mushtak, commander of the 12th Brigade of the Iraqi "Popular Mobilization Organization", an act that seriously violated Iraq's sovereignty and security. The militant groups that suffered from the attack announced that they would retaliate more harshly, causing the United States to regret the aggression. It is worth noting that Iraq, which was once supported by the United States to come to power, also accused the United States, saying that it has exacerbated the chaos and violated Iraq's sovereignty. This detail is enough to show that the hegemonic image of the United States in the Middle East is rapidly declining. In addition, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, German Foreign Minister Baerbock, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell made an emergency visit to the Middle East in the aftermath of the incident in an attempt to de-escalate the situation.
Obviously, at least some people in the United States remain rational and do not want the United States to get bogged down in the Middle East. As to why it is said to be "some people", we will explain in more detail later. In fact, as we have mentioned many times over the past two months, the biggest problem of the United States at the moment is that it does not dare to start a war lightly. The question is not whether victory can be achieved, but the fear that the "costs" will not be recovered after the start of the war. The slightest carelessness can put the country in a difficult position due to internal contradictions and financial pressures in the United States. And the reason why China and Russia have been keeping an eye on it is that only in a conflict of this level can the two sides gain enough benefits to make up for the losses after separating the winners and losers. U.S. involvement in Yemen, Iran, and Palestine is a waste of money, and that's what the U.S. fears most right now. At the moment, the US military has begun to carry out air strikes in the Middle East and even openly bombed Baghdad, which actually involves two issues.
On the one hand, the United States must maintain its hegemonic image in the Middle East, because the loss of this means that American military bases will face constant attacks and lose their deterrence and influence on Middle Eastern countries. Therefore, even if it loses, the United States must preserve its face. On the other hand, there are different demands from interest groups within the United States, such as the obvious unconditional support of the Jewish consortium for Israel, regardless of the national interests of the United States. Other immigrant political circles want the United States to remain rational and support Israel at all costs. I am afraid that the current involvement of the US military in the Middle East will intensify the internal struggle in the United States. Overall, the situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly chaotic, whether it is the Houthis and the Red Sea incident, or Israel expanding the scope of the battlefield, or Lebanon and Israel firing rockets at each other, there are many signs that the situation is developing in the worst direction, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is involving more and more countries and forces.
A sixth war may break out in the Middle East in the next 1-2 years. As far as China is concerned, it will undoubtedly be great news if the United States can be drawn into the quagmire of war in the Middle East.