The already dangerous situation in the Middle East was further complicated by US President Joe Biden's sudden order to open fire in the Middle East amid the bloody battle between Palestine and Israel, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed for the Middle East.
Since the outbreak of the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Western public opinion has repeatedly stated that it does not want the crisis of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to spread outward and eventually turn into a dangerous war in the Middle East. However, the United States has continuously stolen the flames in the Middle East, as if it is eager for chaos in the Middle East so that it can reap the benefits. For example, the United States has continuously sent arms and military aid to Israel, and at the same time has sent its aircraft carrier fleet to the Middle East region, creating strong military pressure on Middle Eastern countries and deterring some anti-Israel countries from aiding Hamas. And recently, US President Joe Biden ordered an air strike on Baghdad.
The name Baghdad is familiar to everyone, it is the capital of Iraq. Once the U.S. military invaded Iraq and occupied it, and finally executed Saddam. The attack resulted in the death of a senior commander and several members of the local militia. The US military went so far as to bomb the capital of a sovereign country, and its contempt for Iraq can be described as extreme. What is even more outrageous is that the US military also claimed that it was self-defense and did not cause deaths.
Naturally, this was met with strong indignation from the Iraqi authorities, and Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani pointed out that this was not self-defense, but aggression, and demanded that all US troops withdraw from Iraq. Al-Sudani pointed out that Iraq has sovereignty over its airspace, and that foreign aircraft flying there without permission and launching military strikes have seriously violated Iraq's sovereignty and are aggression against Iraq, and that the air strikes have also made the situation more dangerous. Sudani also said that the Iraq war has long ended, and the coalition forces dominated by the US military should not still be stationed in Iraq.
Obviously, these remarks have already issued an order to expel the US military, but weak countries have no diplomacy, and when they come, it will be very difficult for them to leave, and will the Iraqi authorities dare to launch an attack on the US troops there? Obviously, they do not have the courage to do so at present.
If we look back at the target of the US strike, it is the so-called pro-Iranian militia. At present, Iran strongly opposes Israel's war in Gaza, and Iran's younger brother, the Houthis and Allah in Lebanon, are in conflict with Israel, but not as intensely as in Gaza. The U.S. air raids on the Iraqi capital and anti-Israeli forces are actually aimed at helping Israel. Anti-Israel groups attacked by the United States are likely to retaliate against the US military or intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a fit of rage, thus raising fears of a wider regional war and highlighting the danger that the conflict is spreading to much of the Middle East.
The interference of external forces has made it more difficult for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to end, and at present, there has been no major decisive change in the war. On the one hand, the Israeli army is still waging military operations throughout Gaza, and there is still no trace of Hamas's main military leaders. On the other hand, Hamas is still holding more than 130 Israeli-related personnel and still firing rockets into Israel.
At a time when tensions are raging in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, on the evening of January 5 local time. However, since the United States has always supported Israel, it will be difficult to obtain the full cooperation of regional countries and to curb Israel's impulse to expand the conflict, and I am afraid that it will not be able to achieve the expected results.