The world is turbulent, and the past year has been marked by conflicts around the world. The Russia-Ukraine war is still ongoing, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has broken out, the civil war in Myanmar has begun, the India-Pakistan border conflict, and the situation in Syria is unstable.
At the beginning of 2024, the Houthis also came to join in the fun, constantly attacking European and American merchant ships, and not only that, but also attacking US military bases with drones and bombs. In order not to get bogged down in a war in the Middle East, and even more so to disperse its forces to the Asia-Pacific region, the United States can only turn a blind eye to attacks.
Seeing that the United States did not dare to take the small Houthis seriously, other countries have also geared up to try to challenge the bottom line of the United States. In this smoke-filled environment, it seems that the world is about to enter an era of chaos?
On the last day of 2023, the U.S. Navy received a distress signal. A cargo ship from Denmark saidThere is a group of Houthis attacking them, and the situation is not optimistic.
Naturally, the United States cannot sit idly by in the face of attacks on its allies. Soon, the U.S. military dispatched aircraft carriers and destroyers, and sent a number of armed aircraft to fly directly to the sea area where the incident occurredSunk 3 Houthi ships.
The Houthis said after the incidentTen of their members died or went missing in the attack by the US military. Since then, the bond between the Houthis and the United States has grown.
Before the Houthis were formed, Yemen was run by the former Saleh. Saleh used his powerful coercion to coerceThe major warlords in Yemen have been submissive, and the economy has been improving.
However, although Saleh has some small means, he is not enough. In this way, the United States simply replaced him and instead supported the deputy Hardy to come to power.
After Hadi went up, he was quickly attacked by the Yemeni masses because of his lack of governing foundation. **Credibility is at stake, and riots are rife everywhere.
Due to the absence of the former ** Saleh suppression,Yemen's major armed forces have risen to prominence, including the famous Houthis. Since its inception, the Houthis have been besieging cities and seizing land.
For two years, from 2013 to 2015, the Houthis marched south, advancing their troops to the capital, Sana'a. In the face of the Houthis' presumptuousness, Saudi Arabia could not sit still.
After all, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Yemen is not bad, and Saudi Arabia, as the leading big brother in the Middle East at that time, its dignity is sacrosanct.
Now that the Houthis have ridden on the head of the Saudi younger brother, how can the Saudis endure it? Soon the Saudi army, at the behest of Salman Jr., launched an attack on the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia thought that with its strong national strength, it could crush the Houthis like an ant. However, the Saudis underestimated the fighting power of the Houthis.
After all, the Houthis were killed from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and all of them were veterans of a hundred battles. Especially in terms of guerrilla warfare, the Houthis can be described as the hegemon in the Middle East. In the face of the Saudi army, the Houthis directly pushed down in a wave, and the Saudi army was defeated.
In the battle between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, the battle of Najran was the stroke of genius for the Houthis. In this battle, the Saudi army suffered more than 500 casualties, more than 2,000 people were captured, and three brigades were destroyed.
As a result of the defeat of the Saudi army, the Saudi provinces of Najran and Jazan were broken by the Houthis. After this battle, the Houthis have strengthened a lot.
It not only has 100,000 armed forces, but also thousands of missiles, and the size of the force has directly reached the level of the low-level version of the sea, land and air.
In the face of the growth of the Houthis, Israel has also begun to be anxious. After all, the Houthis are the Arabs' own troops, no matter what they say. If the Houthis are allowed to grow stronger, they will sooner or later become a threat to Israel.
Therefore, Israel can only continue to swallow Palestinian land in order to win more respite for itself. In this way, the contradictions in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have become deeper and deeper.
As the Palestinians continued to be expelled, they were eventually driven out of Gaza, where they lived in poverty. There is a shortage of water and electricity in Gaza, and medical supplies are not available, just like a big prison without a cover.
The people of Gaza are furious in the face of Israeli oppression. Soon Hamas in the Gaza Strip launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood to retaliate against Israel.
Countless Hamas death squads have entered Israel to launch surprise attacks, which once stunned Israel. Since then, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in 2023 has officially begun.
In the face of the encirclement and suppression by the Israeli side, Hamas directly launched a tunnel warfare strategy, digging holes in the Gaza area, hiding in the tunnels and shooting cold shots at the Israeli army. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues to this day.
That's when the Houthis joined in. Due to its proximity to the Red Sea, Yemen guards the Bab el-Mandeb StraitSo they can attack Israeli ships with impunity.
Strictly speaking, most of the ships attacked by the Houthis are actually ships from European and American countries. Because most of these European and American merchant ships are operated by wealthy Israelis, including the Danish cargo ship mentioned above.
Therefore, this attack by the Houthis is equivalent to a confrontation with the entire European and American camps. It is precisely because of this that the US military will attack the Houthis and annihilate the three Houthi ships on the spot.
As far as the situation is concerned, because the Houthis hold the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, several major shipping companies in the Middle East are not taking the Red Sea route very much.
Faced with this situation, the United States naturally cannot ignore it. In order to protect their reputation, but also to protect their interests in the Middle East. As early as mid-December 2023, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin planned to form an escort alliance called "Prosperity Guardian".
According to Austin's plan, all European and American countries, as well as all US allies in the Middle East, will have to join this escort plan. In this way, the smooth flow of merchant ships in Europe and the United States can be guaranteed.
It's just that because of what the United States has done over the years, coupled with the long-term betrayal of teammates, it has caused itself to deviate from Germany. In the end, this so-called escort alliance was not formed, and Austin's Middle East shipping map fell short.
And the repercussions of this defeat will be fatal for Israel. Since 30% of Israel's imports and exports** pass through the Red Sea.
So if the Red Sea route is blocked, Israel will fall into even worse inflation. Once Israel is unable to cover up its internal contradictions, it will inevitably transfer them to the outside.
Speaking of which, some people may ask, since the "source" of all the troubles is the HouthisSo why didn't the United States take action to wipe out the Houthis?
In fact, it is not that the United States does not want to send troops, but the main reason is that the United States cannot afford to send troops. As mentioned earlier, most of the Houthis are masters of guerrilla warfare.
Once the United States sends troops to it, and the Houthis hide in the ravines, who will catch this? At that time, it is estimated that the United States will be like being caught in the Afghan battlefield again, and it will not be able to pull it out.
In addition, the benefits obtained by the United States from sending troops to the Houthis are simply not enough for the fuel cost of aircraft carriers, let alone the money for those missiles. Even if the U.S. blew up the Houthis, what would the U.S. gain?
The Vietnam War of the last century speaks for itself. At that time, in order to attack the North Vietnamese army, the United States released a large number of bombs into Vietnam, which scorched the earth. But what is the end result? The United States had no choice but to withdraw its troops in disgrace.
The most important thing is that the Houthis have a strong backing, and that is Iran. And Iran is on the same side as Russia, once it provokes Iran,It is bound to involve Russia as well. In this case, can the US military still deal with it with all its might?
And before that, Russia had already made plans for the situation. Russia not only exports fighter jets to Iran, but also plans to de-dollarize with Iran. When the Russian-Iranian alliance grows stronger, the United States will probably not be able to deal with it.
It is conceivable that the deeper the United States goes into the Middle East and the more chaotic the Middle East becomes, the more dependent Iran and other countries will be. In this case,Russia will also have more and more chips in its hands.
As early as December last year, Russia's Putin embarked on a series of trips to the Middle East. In addition, he also invited Iran to visit Russia to discuss international affairs. When this game of chess is played, Putin will be able to win more initiative.
The so-called global contraction strategy of the United States seems to have created a power vacuum in many regions. Under these circumstances, various forces began to probe one after another, and the global order gradually collapsed.
And these powder kegs all have grievances, and they have debts and owners. When the United States is weak, there is no suspense in making trouble.
Of course, from the end result, the world war should not be fought. Because now several superpowers have nuclear weapons, once the fuse of a large-scale war is ignited, it will almost be the same life as the people of the world.
If that happens, what's the point of getting more benefits?
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