A few days ago, the long-disputed situation in the Red Sea continued to be tense, and at this time, there was a new change. The first was a "final warning" from 13 countries, led by the United States, to Yemen's Houthis to immediately stop attacking cargo ships crossing the Red Sea. The next day, the Houthis sent an unmanned boat on the dense shipping lanes of the Red Sea and detonated it, which turned out to be filled with explosives. The Houthis are clear that they will not stop their actions.
In this regard, the US media revealed that the US military has developed a plan to combat the Houthis. What should we think of the fact that the United States is preparing to open fire this time?
In a word, it is better for the US military not to fire, otherwise the consequences will be serious.
Since November 19, Yemen's Houthis have launched attacks on ships in the Red Sea, and of course the Houthis do not act when they see them, but rather on ships with ties to Israel. This move has a great impact, because although many ships are related to Israel, the owners of the ships are not actually Israel, so the Houthi move directly caused many shipping companies around the world to suspend shipping in the Red Sea.
The Houthis have also made this clear, supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He also said that if the Israeli army does not allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip freely for a day, the Houthi actions will not stop. But around the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, we know that Israel has long been dead-eyed and ignores the warnings of the Houthis. However, the Houthis always attack ships like this, and it is not a solution, and in the end Israel will be almost blockaded in the Red Sea, so the United States, the backer of Israel, has sent warships to patrol the Red Sea, intending to put an end to the Houthis' actions. But I didn't expect the Houthis to be not afraid at all, and they played "hide and seek" with the US military on the spot, you come and I go, you go and I come, and even took the initiative to launch drones and missiles at US ships, and the US military can only launch missiles to intercept them, but the cost of a drone of the Houthis is only more than 1,000 US dollars, and a shell of the US military is worth more than 2 million, and the US military has suffered huge losses.
In the end, the U.S. military had no choice, so last month it launched Operation Prosperity Guardian, bringing together as many as 20 countries to escort Israel, which is busy killing innocents in Gaza. But most of these countries are only participating in the face of the United States, and now the United States is not as influential as it was then. Eight of the 20 countries directly refused to disclose their identities, and many of them only sent single digits or a dozen soldiers, officers, or advisers to cooperate with the United States. Such a lineup could not help the US side at all, and in the end the US side had to give up.
Now, from warning the Houthis to being ready for fire after the Houthis refuse, the United States is preparing to open fire, in the context we have just introduced. In this regard, the commander of the US Fifth Fleet, Brad Cooper, also backhanded the Houthis, saying that there is no sign that the Houthis' "irresponsible behavior" has been reined in. The question is, no matter how you look at it, isn't the most irresponsible behavior of the moment the Israeli atrocities in Gaza, which the Houthis are doing with all their might, and the actions of the United States that fully support Israel?
Therefore, the United States now intends to open fire on the Houthis, which could lead to the involvement of 14 of the 13 countries that the United States has gathered and Yemen, where the Houthis are located, in a total of 14 countries in the Red Sea naval battle. That's really irresponsible. No matter how you look at it, the responsible behavior should be to use your influence to stop Israel as soon as possible.
Of course, the US side has shown that it is ready to strike at the Houthis militarily, and it is not necessarily going to do so. The US side is likely to make a false shot. Because the Houthis and Iran have a close relationship, and the "arc of resistance" supported by Iran is all over the Middle East, fighting a Houthi rebel, not to mention whether Iran will launch other armed actions, it must be known that the recent series of bombings in Iran finally took a "single Islamic State" to bear the charge, in case of a blow to the Houthis and provoke Iran, what should we do? Therefore, the signal of the US side this time is likely to be just a false shot, after all, there is also a lot of controversy in the United States about the Biden administration's weak posture in the face of the Houthis.
A few days ago, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, said that China is willing to work with all parties to continue to make unremitting efforts to promote the de-escalation of tension in the Red Sea, the political settlement of the Yemen issue, the realization of a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in Gaza, and the long-term peace and stability in the Middle East.
In fact, when the "Prosperity Guardian" operation was launched before, the US side was aware that this move was likely to fail to solve the Houthi conflict, so the US State Department specifically called on the Chinese side, hoping that China could exert influence on the situation in the Red Sea and help the United States. Judging from China's statement this time, it is okay to ask China for help, but not only the tension in the Red Sea, but also the Yemen issue, the war in Gaza, and even the entire Middle East situation must be resolved together.
Obviously, China does not intend to follow the US approach of "treating the head with a headache and treating the foot with a sore foot", but to solve the problem fundamentally, and to ease the situation in the Red Sea, it must start with the situation in Gaza and even the Middle East as a whole. China's proposal is very clear, and it is up to the US side whether it is willing to heed the admonition or not.