On December 18, the United States announced that it had formed a "multinational maritime coalition" to prepare to deter the Houthis and conduct "joint escorts." However, it was found that none of the major Middle Eastern powers openly participated in this alliance.
The whole world is watching the American joke.
"I thought that the overlord of the world must be made by heavenly people, and such cowardly people should also do it?
If you want to command the world, you have to be tough, as a person in the Western Hemisphere, you are bombed by missiles every day, mortars smash embassies and humiliate your face, and your father's merchant ships are hijacked as trophies exhibitions...... What do you do? You don't even dare to move, and you still have the face to let others move first?
That wasn't what the United States was like back then.
When the United States fought the Korean War, it gathered 17-nation coalition forces, known as the "United Nations Army," and even Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Thailand, and South Africa, which could not fight with eight poles, came to join in the fun. The United States has successively mobilized 19 aircraft carriers, Britain has used 6 aircraft carriers, and the total strength of the "United Nations Force" is as high as 930,000 at its peak.
In the 1991 Gulf War, it was a "38-nation coalition", in addition to 14 Western countries, 9 countries in the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, also participated, with a total of 660,000 troops.
In the 2003 Iraq War, it was a "34-nation coalition", although the United Nations did not authorize it, but there were still a large number of countries involved, even Ukraine sent 1,500 people, Japan sent 1,100 people. The United States has mobilized six aircraft carrier battle groups, more than 100 ships, and more than 1,100 aircraft, with a total strength of 360,000 troops.
At that time, many "public knowledge" in China delusionally wanted the "heavenly soldiers" to take him away every day, and their mouths were full of "American GIs will come to pick him up in colorful aircraft carriers and take him to capitalist society to live a life that is not as good as pigs and dogs, Apache gunships are as beautiful as birds, and Hellfire missiles are as light as fireflies......"
I have to admit that the sense of oppression in the United States was still very strong back then, and although it did not win the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Afghanistan War, the kind of strong productive forces and military mobilization capabilities it displayed were still impressive.
At that time, it basically relied on itself to fight the war, and gathered a "multinational force" to fight the war, but it just wanted to gain the "legitimacy" of external propaganda, and as long as it shouted, a large number of "allied forces" would naturally follow it.
But now it's different, if it wants to pack up a Houthi army, it has to call for "shoulder to shoulder", and what is even more embarrassing is that he can't shout...... The countries of Europe and the Middle East can see it clearly, you yourself are humiliated by the Houthis and do not dare to fight back directly, what qualifications do you have to be this "boss"?
Back then, there was no evidence, and they dried up Iraq with a tube of washing powder, and now the Houthis slap them in the face every day, shoot missiles, fly drones, and hijack merchant ships...... It is a shame that the US imperialists still want to "call on everyone to stand shoulder to shoulder"?
What's more, the Houthis have made it very clear that they are only targeting the merchant ships of the "hostile forces", and to put it more clearly, Israel and the United States, for example, the Chinese merchant ship Yinhe, did not leave the Red Sea in a dignified manner? There is no problem at all. Why should countries around the world wade into this troubled water?
The local forces have made it clear that the "hostile forces" that are only targeting the persecution of the Palestinian people are the United States and Israel. All large merchant ships in the world are open to the public, and it is basically clear which company they belong to, what nationality they belong to, where they come from, where they go, and what goods they carry.
The Houthis really didn't fight indiscriminately, they came prepared...... Saudi Arabia and the UAE do not send bombs and resources to Israel, so why should they offend the Houthis?
It can also be seen from the Red Sea shipping map that the Houthis intercepted all merchant ships going to Israel, and Israel is waging a genocidal war against Gaza, so this is a "sanction" against Israel that has committed war crimes, which is morally justified.
At present, there are a few people in the world who do not dislike Israel in private? Malaysia, which is far away in Southeast Asia, has refused to allow Israeli ships to enter the port, and the voices of the United States and European people are everywhere in the anti-Israeli war of aggression...... Dock workers in many parts of Europe have refused to transfer military supplies to Israel: Italian port workers, Belgian port workers, and Spanish port workers have all refused to transfer supplies to Israel after November 8 this year. This is called "the righteous have much help, and the unrighteous have little help"!
The Houthis are now firing missiles, drones, and mines in the Red Sea, targeting US warships and US-Israeli merchant ships...... According to U.S. officials, the U.S. uses a $2.1 million Standard-2 anti-aircraft missile to intercept Yemeni drones worth about $2,000. The U.S. side says it has intercepted 38 drones/missiles so far...... Until now, the United States itself has not launched any counterattack against Yemen.
The paper tiger did not become a paper tiger overnight, it used to be a "real tiger", but under the blows and temptations of the people of the world for decades, it really became a paper tiger. From the South China Sea incident in 2016, to the "great turnaround" in Kabul in 2021, to Russia and Ukraine, and then to Palestine and Israel, everyone has seen more and more clearly the true strength of the "donkey of beauty".
"The transformation of imperialism from a real tiger into a half-true tiger, and then into a completely false tiger, that is, a paper tiger, is a process of transformation of things into the opposite, and our task is to facilitate this process. Before the end of this process, the tiger may have to live for a period of time and still be able to bite. Therefore, to fight a tiger, we must punch one punch at a time, and we must pay attention to boxing techniques, and we must not be careless. ”
Before Shang Tang attacked Xia, he also tried to pay tribute to the Xia Dynasty, Xia Wei was furious, and entangled the army of Jiuli to attack Shang Tang, Shang Tang was soft, but a few years later, he tried to attack Xia again, and the people of Jiuli no longer participated...... The situation in the United States is similar to that of Xia Wei.
After the United States announced the formation of a "multinational alliance to escort the convoy," the Spanish Ministry of Defense quickly responded that Spain would not "unilaterally" participate in the Red Sea escort operation initiated by the United States. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab powers around the Red Sea are not present in the multinational force that the United States claims to have formed, and even the United States' allies in the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, are not involved. The few hardcore brothers in the West also have a few "staff officers......
What is the use of this kind of "world hegemon"?
(The author is a special researcher of Kunlun Ce Research Institute; source: Kunlun Ce Network [author's authorization], reproduced from the WeChat public account of "Pingyuan Gongzi", revised and released; the picture comes from the Internet, invaded and deleted)