Recently, there was such a news, claiming that US Secretary of Defense Austin was admitted to the intensive care unit for several days, but the White House Congress was "unaware". The U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement stating that 70-year-old Secretary of Defense Austin was admitted to the hospital on the first day of 2024 because he did not specify the medical situation. The statement did not elaborate on why Austin was admitted to the hospital, other than to say that "Austin recently had complications after an elective medical procedure." At the same time, it was not stated what the surgery was, or what the complications were. As the "No. 2 man" in the US armed forces after the president, Austin's behavior of "not asking for sick leave" surprised the whole United States, but what was even more surprising was that it was only a few days later that many high-level US officials received a report from the Pentagon that the Secretary of Defense was hospitalized.
Under normal circumstances, almost all those who can be admitted to the ICU are half-legged into the ghost gate, and people's consciousness is not clear. Although it is said that it is a complication caused by a minor operation, it is emphasized that it is not a big problem, but after all, it has been admitted to the ICU for several days, and US President Biden really does not know about this, or is he deliberately hiding it? In my opinion, this needs to be carefully considered.
It is worth mentioning that just after Austin was admitted to the ICU, the United States, together with 12 countries, issued an ultimatum to the Houthis, demanding that the armed group immediately stop its attacks in the Red Sea. "We are clear: we call for an immediate end to these illegal attacks and for the release of these vessels and crews that have been illegally detained. The White House has said bluntly that if the Houthis continue to threaten lives, the global economy and the free flow of commerce in the region's key waterways, they will inevitably face very serious consequences.
The defense secretary is in the ICU, but the United States is still fanning the flames and issuing an ultimatum, is it really not afraid of starting a new conflict when it is close to a war in the Red Sea? Earlier, in the face of the Houthi rebels' rejection of the US peace plan to stop military operations in the Red Sea, US Secretary of Defense Austin once accused the armed group of being extremely reckless and dangerous and violating international law, and warned that the United States would form a "Red Sea Fleet" against such actions that threaten regional security and stability to maintain peace and stability in the Red Sea region and to deter any attempt to undermine international law and freedom of navigation.
The Houthi-controlled area of the Red Sea coast is reported to be one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. More than 10,000 ships pass through each year, transporting nearly 10 percent of the world's oil and 20 percent of the world's commodities, according to the data. Austin did not communicate with the Houthis in a friendly way, but instead used such warning and threatening words to try to make the Houthis afraid, but what he did not expect was that this would make the Houthis more aggressive in the Red Sea. Now that the person in charge is being rescued in the ICU, the clamor of the United States has not subsided at all, which is enough to see the madness of the United States and the "ugly face" that does not care about the lives of its own people. After all, isn't that the United States? If the country doesn't, it won't be the way it always is.