China and Iran, who defined the Red Sea crisis, hung the heart of the United States, and then hanged themselves
Recently, Iran revealed that China and Iran have discussed the Red Sea crisis and agreed that the essence of this crisis is related to the conflict in Gaza. This means that China has formally assessed the Red Sea crisis, and what the United States has been worried about seems to have come to fruition.
Why? First, let's review the various dilemmas that the United States faced in the Red Sea crisis. Recently, multiple rounds of U.S. bombardment of the Houthis have yielded little success, and attacks on merchant ships have not decreased. For example, on the 24th of this month, US ** ships and merchant ships located near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden were attacked by the Houthis. While we cannot verify the veracity of the claims of the parties, the situation of the US military in the Red Sea is obvious. The Pentagon's ** even admitted that their military strategy against the Houthis "did not have the desired effect." At the same time, the Houthis have not only blocked the US shipping lanes, but have also actively acted in other allies in the "Arc of Resistance", such as Iraq and Iran, attacking US military bases and hijacking oil tankers. It can be said that the situation of the US military in the Middle East is very difficult.
This situation has made the United States, which has always claimed to be the "hegemon," feel very uncomfortable. In the face of the escalating crisis in the Red Sea, it is clear that the United States cannot afford the consequences. Therefore, they turned to China for help. According to a U.S. spokesperson, in the past three months, the U.S. has repeatedly sent high-level signals to the Chinese side for help, believing that only China has the ability to talk to Iran and exert pressure to contain the Houthis' actions. And the United States itself is not able to do this.
In addition, U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan recently made a special trip to Thailand and held talks with high-level Chinese officials. The previous talks took place in Vienna and Malta, which are third-party countries, but they are closer to the United States and have a more inclined position towards the United States. This time, the venue of the negotiations is Thailand, which is closer to China. Clearly, Sullivan is pinning his hopes on China to put pressure on Iran to stop the Houthis.
The United States has repeatedly sent requests to China to try to stop the actions of the Houthis through China's "influence". However, the U.S. dilemma has occurred almost simultaneously with its pressure on China, raising questions about the true purpose of the United States. Especially when it comes to China-Iran relations, the United States always has a tone of mockery and dissatisfaction.
For example, there are reports that despite two days of high-level talks between China and the United States in Thailand, there is still no "sign of China's help." Moreover, the American newspaper Newsweek, without any evidence, directly shifted the responsibility for controlling the Houthis to China.
You know, China has been working hard to ease tensions in the Red Sea crisis and has maintained close communication with all parties. However, the United States has turned a blind eye to this and has repeatedly asked China to exert so-called "influence" on Iran. Obviously, the main purpose of the United States is to draw China into the chaos in the Middle East and put pressure on Iran in the name of China to free Israel.
Under this premise, the characterization of the Red Sea crisis by China and Iran undermines the US plan in two ways: first, the characterization of the Red Sea crisis as a spillover from the Gaza conflict shows that China is not targeting the Houthis, but at Israel, the main culprit that triggered the Gaza conflict;
Second, the United States is trying to sow discord between China and Iran through "pressure" to prevent the Houthi plot from being dismantled. In general, instead of getting help, the United States has pushed itself into an even greater dilemma, unable to solve the problem of the Houthis and unable to get out of this conflict.
The tensions in the Red Sea crisis stem mainly from the United States and Israel. The main reason for the lingering resolution of the Red Sea crisis is the conflict in Gaza, and the escalation of tensions in Gaza is directly related to the disregard for justice by certain countries and the obstruction of the adoption of the ceasefire draft resolution by the UN Security Council. In the face of tensions in the Red Sea, the United States has ignored the root causes of the Gaza conflict and tried to rely on military action to solve the problem in a one-size-fits-all manner, which not only did not help to de-escalate the situation, but rather exacerbated the crisis.
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