When several of the "P5 powers" are still verbally condemning Israel, the "flat-headed brothers" in the Middle East roar when they see injustice, and they will take action when it is time to take action.
The Houthis have unleashed cruel words against the entire West: "If medicines, food, and other materials are not allowed to reach Palestine, the Red Sea will be completely blocked." At first, the United States and the West felt that this guy was just a mouthful, and it was impossible for anyone to dare to fight him.
When the UK, Denmark, Bulgaria and Japan were attacked by missiles and drones on freighters in the Red Sea, they realized that the scope and impact of the conflict had never been greater.
"The turnip is not big, but it grows on the ridge", Yemen's Houthi rebels happen to control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and missiles and drones are enough to directly block the access to the Red Sea. At present, even the global maritime industry giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Group have announced the suspension of all shipping plans in this area.
If the Bab el-Mandeb Strait were to be closed, the consequences would be dire, with 17,000 freighters per day, 6.2 million barrels of crude oil and 50 million tons of agricultural products being forced to divert to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, and transportation costs would surge, further exacerbating supply chain tensions in both Israel and Europe.
And the Red Sea Mandeb Strait, which is one of the 16 maritime choke points in the world that the Pentagon has clearly stated that it wants to control many years ago, and now the Houthis have taken it down? It is hard to imagine that the former global hegemon has been reduced to being trampled under the feet of small players today, and where does this leave the face of the United States?
But the trouble is that the Houthis only need to put dozens or hundreds of cheap drones every day, while the 96 vertical missile launch units of the US Burke-class missile destroyers, of which two-thirds are equipped with anti-aircraft missiles, and an anti-aircraft missile worth millions of dollars can be used to intercept a drone of tens of thousands of dollars, which is really enough.
Therefore, for the US military, such a passive interception is definitely not a thing, and seeing the intensification of tension in the Red Sea, the US military is now ready to "shake people", and the White House said that it is trying to coordinate and invite more than 30 countries to form an international maritime task force to escort the escort.
So we can see that the American aircraft carrier battle group "Eisenhower" is rushing all the way in the direction of the Red Sea, and the British have arrived at this time, and the Germans are beginning to turn to announcing that they will send the F221 "Hesse" frigate to the Red Sea, and the French have long been squatting in the Red Sea.
Is it really as simple as escorting such a big fight? What if the Houthis continue to fight and their own or their allies' warships are also attacked? Just intercepting them will work?
At this time, if the United States really wants to use force against the Houthis, it must carry out a certain military build-up in the Arabian Peninsula. Therefore, the US military is likely to forcibly "borrow" from Saudi Arabia, and will even ask Saudi Arabia to send troops. In this way, Saudi Arabia will once again be pushed to the forefront.
In the face of US coercion, it is difficult for Saudi Arabia to stop it, and once Saudi Arabia agrees to "borrow", it will be equivalent to the previous diplomatic achievements with Iran in vain.
You must know that attacking Israel can be said to be the absolute right thing for the entire Arab world, and you Saudi Arabia will not send troops, but also help the Americans fight against the Houthis who are resisting Israel.
At this time, Iran is also in a "dilemma", the United States and Israel are fighting the Houthis is equivalent to pointing the sword at Iran behind the Houthis, and it also involves Saudi Arabia as a springboard. So what should Iran do, or how much should it be involved, to effectively control the situation without undermining the hard-won Saudi-Iranian rapprochement?
At this sensitive moment, the deputy foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran paid an urgent visit to China, and the China-Saudi-Iranian Trilateral Joint Commission held its first meeting in Beijing.
Judging from the public announcement, Foreign Minister Wang Yi mainly put forward three suggestions to Saudi Arabia and Iran: the first is to adhere to the strategic choice of reconciliation unwaveringly, the second is to further promote the process of improving relations, and the third is to eliminate external interference.
It is not difficult to see that these suggestions are "full of dry goods" and keenly grasp the essence of the problem, how to say?
Looking at the whole regardless of the part, the participation of the Houthis has given the United States an opportunity to break the "Saudi-Iranian rapprochement" while slapping the US military in the face, and rubbing Saudi Arabia and Israel together through "excuses", while Iran stands behind the Houthis and is naturally put on the opposite side.
The core of the current state of affairs is given to Saudi Arabia, and whether or not to continue to side with the United States is a principled question that cannot be evaded.
If it continues to be tied to the thief ship of the United States, Saudi Arabia will sooner or later become a victim of the United States due to the situation in the Middle East. However, after clearly saying no to the United States, Saudi Arabia will inevitably worry that its future security will not be guaranteed, so it took its small partners and came to China overnight. It is hoped that this trilateral meeting between China, Saudi Arabia and Iran will give Saudi Arabia a sufficient sense of security.
In those years, the United States was able to be invincible in the Gulf War because Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries provided stable logistics bases for the US military. But now, who dares to stand on the side of the Jews and support the US military in its assault on the Houthis?