This time, following the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it seems that another big war is about to break out in the Middle East, and this big war is likely to far surpass the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict in terms of scale, intensity, and scope of influence, because this time, in the face of the US-Western coalition forces that are about to send troops to the Red Sea, the Yemeni Houthis are directly domineering against the US military!
According to relevant reports, after announcing that it would form a coalition force to carry out a joint escort in the Red Sea region, the US military has now completed its strike deployment, and several thousand US troops from the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group have begun to advance toward Yemen, while several thousand US troops from the Bataan amphibious battle group in the northern Red Sea region have also begun to move south.
The U.S. Marine Corps also sent an amphibious readiness group including 2,000 Marines, an amphibious assault ship, an amphibious dock landing ship, and other support and supply ships to participate in the operation, plus the main forces of the U.S. military in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Djibouti.
First of all, the Houthis gave the United States and the West a slap in the face, openly saying that the United States had tried to establish a channel to communicate with them, but they directly rejected the United States, and thought that communicating with the United States would make them lose face. I have to say that the Houthis are definitely the first to dare to directly ridicule or even scold the United States in this way.
Second, the Houthis have also told the US that the so-called "escort coalition" formed by the US is aimed at militarizing the waters of the Red Sea, and those who seek to expand the conflict must bear the consequences. The Houthis will not only not stop attacking ships in the Red Sea, but will also attack the so-called "escort ships" of the United States and the West, and even if the United States succeeds in mobilizing the whole world, the Houthis will not stop their military operations and are bound to fight the United States to the end!
It has to be said that the toughness and fighting spirit shown by the Houthis in the face of the United States and the West, the world's most powerful military bloc, have really shocked and impressed the whole world, and also made the United States and the West lose face, and they will inevitably launch frenzied retaliation and suppression. So, if the U.S. military really sends troops to attack the Houthis, will it be able to win the victory and open up the Red Sea shipping lane?
Let's talk about the conclusion first, with the current strength of the US military, it really can't be done, even if the United States pulls over a dozen or so Western countries, it can't do it at all, why do you say that?
First, the Houthis have 400,000 veterans with extremely rich combat experience, and their ground combat capability is very strong, far from being comparable to the Lebanese Allah, Hamas, and other armed forces; although the US military has deployed 30,000 troops near the entire Red Sea, if it really wants to launch a landing operation to completely eliminate the Houthis, the number of marines capable of amphibious operations that can be dispatched is only more than 4,000 people. So don't look at the fact that the US military is now aggressive, in fact, it does not have the strength to launch a landing war to completely eliminate the Houthis in Yemen.
Second, it is also impossible for the United States to try to defeat Hamas remotely through naval and air forces, because Yemen is too poor, and there are no high-value targets such as the Ministry of Defense, financial centers, industrial centers, and transportation hubs.
Third, the Houthis are armed with a large number of anti-ship, anti-aircraft missiles, and other advanced weapons, which are not "soft persimmons" and really pose a serious threat to US and Western warplanes and warships; if the US and Western "escort fleets" are dispatched and not only fail to successfully escort the war, but are also damaged and sunk by the Houthis, then this will be a big shame and will cause another heavy setback to the US and Western hegemony and deterrence in the Middle East.
Fourth, if the United States and the West really take action, Iran will also take action this time, and recently, the Iranian side has released a clear signal, and the Iranian defense minister has publicly stated that if the United States deploys a Western coalition near Yemen, then Iran will respond. Obviously, Iran's "response", in addition to sending troops to intervene, is to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, and neither of these two is something that the United States and the West can afford.
All in all, for the current United States and the West, they have actually fallen into an extremely embarrassing dilemma, if they do not send troops, the Red Sea route will be blocked, and the losses will be heavy, and if they send troops, not only will they not be confident that they will be able to defeat the Houthis, but they may even lead to further escalation of the situation out of control, leading to greater losses, and even causing a devastating blow to the US military presence in the Middle East.
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