Straight to the point, there was a strange scene in the Red Sea: the Red Sea version of "Nord Stream Suspicion" was staged. Some time ago, the Houthis issued a threat to cut off the submarine fiber optic cable in the United States. Who would have thought that before the Houthis could make a move, four international submarine cables were mysteriously cut off, which caused great concern in the world for a while.
According to comprehensive reports, four optical cable systems, including the Asia-Africa-Europe No. 1, the East and South Africa submarine communication fiber optic cable, the Europe-India channel and the TGN connecting India-Saudi Arabia-France, were blown up a few days ago. When this happened, everyone immediately focused on the Houthis and regarded the Houthis as the first suspect. Of course, some analysts who say that the Houthis are playing the game give the reason.
First of all, Britain and the United States and other countries bombed the Houthis in retaliation. Some time ago, the British and American coalition forces again carried out air strikes against the Houthis. According to the data given by the US side, the countries of the Western bloc have carried out 18 bombings in eight areas controlled by the Houthis, but so far they have achieved little effect.
According to data from Yemen, the bombing did not pose a threat to important targets, but only hit some civilian targets, such as a pesticide factory. Compared with the large-scale bombardment of the Western bloc countries, the precision bombing of the Houthis is obviously more powerful. It is reported that the Houthis accurately sank a British freighter, repelled two American freighters, and shot down an American drone. Both in terms of the state of the war and in terms of attrition, the United States has already lost in the direction of the Red Sea. To some extent, the Houthis have a motive to fight back against the United States.
Second, the fact that the Houthis are able to carry out precision strikes against Britain and the United States just shows that the Houthis have the ability to blockade the Red Sea and strike at targets in the Red Sea. In addition, the Houthis are located close to the sea, and the water should not be bad. As a result, there is also some suspicion that the Houthis cut submarine cables.
Then, in response to the accusations of the United States and Israel, the Houthis denied sabotage, claiming that they did not cause any damage to the fiber-optic communication cable that crossed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but instead pointed out that the US military did the work in order to pour dirty water on the Houthis. The United States and the Houthis in Yemen have different statements and blame each other. So, the question is, four international submarine cables were cut, and if it wasn't the Houthis who did it, then who did it?
Personally, I believe that compared to the Houthis, the possibility of sabotage by the US military will be greater. On the one hand, the US military is most fond of engaging in so-called "unequal warfare" with foreign countries, and the same is true for the Houthis. It's just that the U.S. military didn't expect this trick to be used on the Houthis and it didn't have much effect. In the direction of the Red Sea, the Houthis and the US military have a situation of "you fight yours, I fight mine". Since conspiracy doesn't work, it can only be used conspiracy. The United States has always liked to do bad things and then pass them on to others.
On the other hand, the US military should end the Red Sea conflict as soon as possible, because after all, the US military's fight against the Houthis is a loss-making deal. According to data previously released by the United States, the US Navy has launched more than 100 anti-aircraft missiles, and the cost of this part of the missiles alone has already reached hundreds of millions of dollars. In the long run, the US military will not be able to consume it.
Of course, there are also international figures who believe that Israel also has the possibility of taking action, in order to deflect contradictions and prove that the Houthi attacks in the direction of the Red Sea are indiscriminate.
Although it is not difficult to repair submarine optical fibers, this incident is likely to be another "Rashomon". But then again, regardless of the final outcome, the Houthis set a world record in the direction of the Red Sea......