A few days ago, Austin announced that he would form a multinational fleet to carry out escort operations in the Red Sea, but there were few responders, and several countries named by Austin refused on the spot, and some sent a few people to do things perfunctorily, and the United States was very faceless.
As a result, the United States suddenly hit China with its head and carried out a moral kidnapping against China.
On December 19, U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Miller said that the Houthi attack on merchant ships in the Red Sea harmed the interests of all countries, including the United States and China, and demanded that China play a constructive role in containing the Houthis.
But what the United States did not expect was that China had not yet responded, and the news came out that the US conspiracy was directly self-defeating.
Not long ago, a foreign maritime expert suddenly had an unexpected gain after inquiring about the traffic situation in the Red Sea, when the world's major shipping companies were either detouring or waiting in place, a container ship flying the flag of Hong Kong, China had entered the Red Sea and sailed in the direction of the Suez Canal, and the name of this container ship happened to be the same as the protagonist of the "Milky Way Incident" 30 years ago.
If this is true, China's "Yinhe" container ship passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait safely under the watchful eyes of warships from various countries, which means that the moral kidnapping of China by the United States is actually untenable, and it also confirms that the actions taken by the Houthis in the Red Sea are indeed only aimed at Israel.
Of course, whether it is true or not, I believe that time will give us the answer, but for the United States, after the official announcement of the "Red Sea escort", one of the biggest troubles suddenly appeared, that is, almost all Middle Eastern countries refused to cooperate with the actions of the United States.
The absence of Middle Eastern countries is a very ominous signal, which not only means that the "Red Sea escort operation" of the United States will lack the support of regional powers and will be difficult to carry out in a timely and effective manner, but more importantly, it reveals a message that the strength of the United States can no longer meet all the calls. This is not because the United States won the hearts of the people and fought well, but because the US military is strong and the United States is strong, just like Zhao Gao's finger at the deer as a horse, and everyone really doesn't know whether it is a deer or a horse? Of course not, it's just that Zhao Gao has the strength to turn black and white upside down.
As a result, now, not to mention fighting the Houthis, but only organizing teams to escort ships in the Red Sea to defend against drones and missiles launched by the Houthis, as a result, many allies of the United States have found reasons for both to refuse. The most important thing is that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two big countries in the Middle East, are deeply bound to the United States, have a large amount of property in the United States, and have stationed American troops on their own territory. Why? Because they have seen the decline of the United States, and they dare to say no to the United States.
However, Austin's words have already been said, and this escort formation has to be set up, but the expectation of the United States is that its allies will be cannon fodder, and the current situation is that the US military can only do it itself. Now, the Houthis have officially stated that even if the United States mobilizes the whole world, it will not stop its military operations, no matter how much it costs...... Then it depends on whether the Red Sea is the grave of the US military or the Houthis.