From ancient times to the present, kings of all generations have longed for eternity, and even today in the 21st century, the United States, which is accustomed to sitting on the throne of "world hegemon", still cannot let go of its "Spring and Autumn Dream". However, the situation in the Middle East is now gradually getting out of control under the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the United States has to admit the decline of its former hegemon. Not only did he lose control of the situation in the Middle East, but he was also played by Israel, the former "little brother". In particular, in early April this year, the Israeli army insisted on carrying out a large-scale air raid on the consular building of the Iranian Embassy in Syria in disregard of the obstruction of the United States and the West, resulting in the death of 16 people, including two senior Iranian generals, the contradictions in the Middle East are no longer limited to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, but also have new and old hatreds between the Iranian and Israeli authorities.
↑This is Tehran, the capital of Iran, taken in the early hours of April 14.
It is reported that the Iranian authorities officially signaled to the United States on April 11 that they would respond to Israel's attack on Iran's diplomatic mission in Syria in a "manner aimed at avoiding a major escalation [of tensions]", and Tehran also made demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, including a ceasefire in Gaza, and "will not act in a hurry" if the United States agrees.
Faced with this problem, Joe Biden, who is enduring the pressure of the US presidential election, also couldn't sit still for an instant, openly criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for causing civilian casualties in the operation against Hamas, the outrageous killing of seven international aid workers, and now launching an attack on Iran without consulting the United States. However, at the end of his heated rhetoric, he still did not forget to reiterate the US security commitment to Israel, declaring that whoever dares to slap Israel's ass is slapping the Americans in the face, so as to make the Iranian side think twice about "revenge". But to the surprise of the Americans, Iran does not care about the intimidation of the Americans, and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement in the early morning of the 14th local time, announcing that dozens of missiles and drones were launched at Israeli targets. At present, the Middle East is already full of war clouds, and the United States seems to be a little helpless!
First, the Biden administration has been completely manipulated by Israel's "little brother", and the Middle East is too peaceful, and the United States has no right to speak.
From the Gulf War to the Iraq War, the United States has paid a heavy price in order to completely control the Middle East and its oil. But since the United States announced the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq and other places, the world that the Americans have conquered has fallen directly into the hands of Israel. As a "power politics" cultivated by successive US administrations for a long time, Israel is born with the same development process as its "righteous father", that is, it first made its fortune through genocide and ethnic migration of Palestinians, and then achieved absolute control over Gaza and even the Arab world with the help of powerful military force. In order to achieve Israel's control of the situation in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has increasingly regarded the United States as an obstacle in his own way forward, which is why Israel has recently repeatedly skipped the United States to make decisions, and did not hesitate to attack Rafah and Iran and other related matters, causing the Biden administration to repeatedly fall into passivity at the political and diplomatic levels.
In fact, just after the Israeli army destroyed the Iranian consulate building and killed seven members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, including two generals, the United States has been on high alert, fearing that Iran will launch a retaliatory strike against Israel. In this regard, Biden made it clear: "Iran threatens to launch a major attack on Israel, which is absolutely not allowed." Clearly, Netanyahu had a predetermined commitment to Biden's possible Iranian attack on Israel. Although the United States' blatant behavior of "pulling the strings" in the international community is no different from slapping itself, it will inevitably further reduce the prestige of the United States in the Middle East. But in order to get the votes of the 6 million American Jews in the country, Biden can only "forcibly tearfully" side with Israel. Israel, backed by Big Brother, clearly has ample freedom to continue its attacks on Hamas, Allah, the Houthis, and even Iran itself.
From raising tigers to riding tigers, the United States originally wanted to use Israel's power to achieve control over the Middle East. But they would never have thought that the "little brother" who had worked hard and complained would have the idea of winning the Middle East and standing on his own. So far, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Netanyahu is setting out a big chess move, not only to make Gaza no longer capable of resisting Israel, but also to pull the United States to launch a military operation against Iran. Whether Biden himself wants to help or not, he can't help it. After all, Netanyahu himself knows very well that Israel has methods to exacerbate regional contradictions, and when neighboring countries such as Iran intervene in the conflict, the US military will have to come to the rescue.
The Biden administration, which may have realized the sinister intentions of the Israeli authorities and feared being "dragged into the water" by them, quickly resorted to diplomacy and sent US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to a telephone conversation with the foreign ministers of China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia on April 11. During the talks, Blinken explicitly called on all countries to put pressure on Iran to stop any attacks against Israel.
At the same time, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre also said to the outside world: "Washington has issued a 'warning' that Iran may launch an attack on Israel." However, unlike the measures taken by the US "big brother" to try to calm the crisis in the Middle East, Israel has an attitude of deliberately finding fault and stirring up trouble. In response to Iran's threats, Israeli Foreign Minister Islam Katz also replied: "If Iran attacks Israel from its territory, Israel will respond and attack Iran." Netanyahu also declared: "We are in the midst of the war in Gaza, and we are ready to defend and attack." It can be seen from this that whether the Middle East will be peaceful in the future is no longer up to the Americans. It is ironic that the "world hegemon" of the past is now being led by the nose by the "Middle East hegemon". As expected, Iran unsurprisingly launched a retaliatory attack on Israel with drones and missiles, and the situation in the Middle East is becoming more complicated.
2. Iran responded to the Israeli military's "terrorist attack", but the United States intervened in the matter, but the Israeli side refused.
Iran was the biggest victim of the Israeli air raids before, but none of the United States and the West spoke from Iran's point of view, but instead held the attitude of "turning big things into small things and small things into small things" and called on Iran to give up retaliating against Israel, which made Tehran feel very angry. In this regard, the Iranian foreign minister said to Oman as early as April 7: "Iran will not sit idly by and wait for the Israeli army's 'terrorist attack'." Previously, Oman had been playing the role of a "middleman" between Tehran and Washington, and the news of Iran's plan to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel reached the ears of the Biden administration as soon as it reached the ears.
This is a destroyed building near the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, photographed on April 1.
However, it is reported that the United States not only rejected Iran's relevant demands in the response transmitted through Oman, but also ordered the commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Corella, to quickly rush to Tel Aviv, where he plans to hold a meeting with the Israeli defense minister to discuss how to respond to the possibility of an Iranian attack on Israel. Regarding General Corella's visit, Israeli media analysis pointed out: "Corella's consultations will focus on responding to attacks launched by Iran using ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles, and respond with similar counterattacks." It has to be said that on the issue of resolving the conflict between Iran and Israel, the United States is completely "looking in the mirror, not a person inside and out", on the one hand, Iran has strengthened its determination to retaliate against Israel. On the other hand, the Israeli authorities have also expressed to the Biden administration that they are "going to stay where it is cool", and the Israeli side believes that this is a matter between them and Iran, and the United States and Israel do not need to coordinate defense on this matter.
As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, look at the United States in the past, and then look at Israel today, these two regimes are really carved out of the same mold. In order to expand its territory, the United States launched an ambitious westward expansion campaign and committed unpardonable sins against North American Indians. What Israel is doing to civilians in Gaza today is like a replica of America's westward expansion. At the same time, just as the United States has long regarded the maintenance of its "world hegemon" status as the top priority of its global strategy, Israel also has the dream of becoming a great power in the ranks of the "Middle East hegemon."
And Netanyahu is also convinced that with the support and assistance of the Americans to Israel, Israel can establish its "hegemon" status in the region by waging a Middle East war, even if it may mean that its "arbitrariness" will cause great dissatisfaction with the Biden administration. But before the official start of the US presidential election in November, Netanyahu also expects Biden to change his stance in favor of Israel. With a variety of conditions to support, why not do things at this time for Israel?
Obviously, in this political context, it is necessary for Iran to make some response to curb Israel's domineering and domineering momentum in the Middle East. In response, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Ali Khamenei said in a speech on April 10 that "Israel 'must and will' be punished for attacking the consular office of the Iranian embassy in Syria." And then, the Iranian side decisively launched a retaliatory strike against Israel in the early morning of the 14th!
Will Biden succeed in controlling the situation in the Middle East with Iran's move against Israel? The answer, of course, is no, because US domination of the Middle East has long been a thing of the past. In particular, in order to curb China's peaceful rise in the Asia-Pacific region, they did not hesitate to urgently transfer the few troops stationed in the Middle East to the western Pacific to "tear down the western wall and block the eastern wall," and the US military presence in the region has been almost nil. As the saying goes, "the tiger is not at home, the monkey is the king", and now Israel is the monkey in the Middle East, forcing the United States to help its chess game in the Middle East.
Judging from the current situation, whether it is Iran, which has launched a retaliatory attack, or Israel, which is sincerely "stirring up trouble" in the Middle East, the United States has lost the right to speak in resolving the conflict between the two sides. And the only thing the United States can do now is to use the influence of other countries in the Middle East to calm things down. However, it is a pity that Pandora's box has been opened, and the current situation of the United States can only be led by the nose by Israel. At present, the situation in the Middle East is becoming more and more chaotic, and the next stage of the global game is bound to be more undercurrent, if the United States cannot quickly cut off from Israel, then the United States will be "hollowed out" by Israel, which will become a reality!