As the situation in the Red Sea continues to escalate, the Houthis in Yemen are counterattacking the US military more and more! Recently, according to a spokesman for the Houthis in Yemen, the Houthis clashed with the US ** ship escorting the ship near the Gulf of Aden, directly hit a US ** ship, and forced two US merchant ships to withdraw and return home.
For a long time, the US ** ships equipped with the "Aegis" combat system have claimed to have the most powerful defense force in the world. Now, the Yemeni Houthis have hit the US "shield ship", which means that the myth of the "Aegis" defense boasted by the US military has been broken, and it has not been broken by the regular army, but by an armed group, which makes the face of the United States put on the first place?
Frankly speaking, the US military was mixed like this, in fact, it was expected for a long time. After the U.S. and U.K. decided to launch attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen, I said on the program that the Houthis would retaliate, and that such retaliation could lead to the U.S. ship being hit or even sunk. Now, this situation has appeared, which can be regarded as a verification of the previous view.
However, the price for the United States is much more than that, as long as the United States does not withdraw its military forces from the Red Sea region and chooses to continue to fight the Houthis in Yemen, then the rivalry between the US military and the Houthis will expand sooner or later. At that time, even if the Houthis suffer heavy losses, the US military will not be so good that it will not be good, if one or more ** ships are really sunk, and even the aircraft carrier is damaged, this will be a serious blow to the US military deterrent.
What does the United States rely on to maintain its hegemony? There are three pillars. One is the dollar, the second is the alliance system, and the third is military strength, if even the Houthis can easily make the United States suffer heavy losses, it is enough to prove one thing, the US military is no longer able to maintain US hegemony and protect US interests. In this way, I am afraid that the "anti-American" forces around the world will really rise up.
Based on this, judging from this incident, the United States has been in a dilemma. Or further increase the weight and send a huge ground force into Yemen, fight a ground war with the Houthis, and completely wipe out the Houthis, but the cost of doing so is obvious, the United States will be trapped in the Middle East, once again mired in the quagmire of war, not only the Asia-Pacific strategy will shrink, but even the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield will have to be abandoned.
If the United States does not increase its weight, it chooses a pragmatic approach, that is, withdrawing from the Red Sea region. Although this would preserve military strength, it would not involve the United States in a Middle East war. At the same time, there will be no deterrence, and many countries will see the weakness of the United States thoroughly, and a series of provocations will follow. The most important thing is that the withdrawal of troops in the Red Sea means that the United States will give up Israel, so this decision is simply too difficult.
All in all, the United States has now been put on the erection and is in an embarrassing situation where it cannot go up or down, but no matter how embarrassing it is, it is time to make a choice. And this decision is related to the future of the United States, and if it is not careful, it will accelerate the collapse of US hegemony and let US hegemony collapse ahead of schedule.