Politburo member and Minister Wang Yi was recently invited to visit Thailand, and to the surprise of the outside world, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan traveled all the way to Bangkok to meet with our foreign minister. So what does he want to talk to us about?
Some foreign media speculated that the situation in the Red Sea was the main reason for Sullivan to meet with the Chinese foreign minister; John Kirby, the strategic coordinator of the White House National Security Council, confirmed this speculation at a press conference a few days ago; At a press conference, he told ** that Sullivan will discuss with China about the Houthi attack on merchant ships, and the US side hopes that China can talk to Iran to prevent the Houthis from continuing to attack merchant ships. Kirby said that China has influence over Iran and can talk to the Iranian leadership, but the United States cannot.
Iran has been secretly funding the Houthis, although both sides deny it on the surface, but most of the ballistic missiles in the hands of the Houthis are the "Fatah-110" type developed by Iran. However, if the United States wants China to come forward, it can only give the outside world the impression that the United States has no way to deal with the Houthis. Yes, in the past three months, the US military has bombed the Houthis several times, each of which claims to have destroyed many of the Houthi capabilities to attack merchant ships, but the Houthis seem to have an endless supply of anti-ship missiles or drones in their hands, and they have fought with the US military again two days ago.
The most important thing is that the Houthis are not fighting alone, the entire Shia arc in the Middle East, Shiite militias, tribal forces funded and trained by the Revolutionary Guards, have taken action and attacked US military bases everywhere; The US military garrisons in Syria and Iraq are like frightened birds, grass and trees.
Now the U.S. military has to consider such a problem, they can't stay in Iraq and Syria anymore, the latest news shows: the United States has started the process of withdrawing from Iraq, and is currently negotiating with Iraq to solve the aftermath and withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible; Similarly in Syria, because the US military in Syria is an illegal intruder without the permission of Assad**, the US military is also ready to roll up and leave.
To sum up, the anti-American forces spearheaded by the Houthis and militias from all walks of life have made the US military unable to hold back, and once the US military leaves, the entire Shia arc will be unimpeded, and arms from Iran can flow into the hands of Allah and Palestinian armed groups in large quantities, which is likely to lead to the complete collapse of the Palestinian-Israeli situation, the most important card of the US military in the Middle East. Project Sword
In order to avoid such a situation, the United States had to turn to China. When Sullivan decided to go to Bangkok to meet with the Chinese foreign minister, the United States had already admitted that the strategy of militarily attacking the Houthis had completely failed, and that the only way was through diplomatic means.
The latest news shows that China is indeed discussing the Red Sea crisis with Iran. Reuters described the incident as "Chinese pressure", which can only be wishful thinking on the part of the West. On the Middle East issue, we have our own position and our own view of right and wrong, and it is impossible for us to negotiate with various forces in accordance with the US idea. If Sullivan wants to ask China to do something, it is better to put down the superpower shelf, and if you ask for people, you have to look like you are asking for people; The most important thing is that since we have decided to come forward to do things, we have to do it according to our rules, and it is delusional to want us to be a cow and a horse for the hegemony of the United States and the West, so the relationship between China and Iran is more likely to be communication than the "pressure" that the West fantasizes about.
From the South China Sea to Russia and Ukraine, to Palestine and Israel and the Red Sea, the United States always feels that it is China that makes trouble, and in the end it is China that reaps the benefits, that is because peace and development are the historical trend of the evolution of the world pattern, what the United States wants is to move against the tide, of course, there is no time, place and people, and China conforms to the historical trend and the mainstream public opinion of the world, so we are friends everywhere, ** said, "We want to make fewer enemies and more friends", and now the situation in the Middle East proves that making enemies everywhere can only make it difficult for them to move an inch, When you have more friends, you can do things!