As the United States continues to decline, the United States is gradually losing control of the situation in the Middle East. For the United States, it is more in the interest of the United States to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as soon as possible, so as not to continue to have a negative impact on Biden's election results. But the reality is that Israel is bent on going its own way, and pro-Iranian forces in the Middle East are becoming more and more courageous.
Not long ago, the US military was bombed again.
According to Xinhua News Agency, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthis announced on the 30th that the armed forces launched another drone attack, attacking 2 US destroyers and 2 cargo ships linked to Israel.
The Houthis' goal is very clear: as long as the siege of Gaza is not lifted and the Israeli army does not stop attacking Gaza, the Houthis will continue to attack the United States and Israel in solidarity with Palestine, hoping to make the United States and Israel pay the price as much as possible. The United States has also joined hands with Britain to retaliate against the Houthis, but the reality shows that the United States and Britain are unable to contain the Houthis, but instead encourage the Houthis in disguise.
On the 26th, the Houthis shot down an MQ-9 drone of the US military, and even publicly released a video of shooting down the US drone, which is simply a "face output" of the US military, which makes the United States quite embarrassed. It is particularly noteworthy that the Houthis directly cost the United States about $30 million (an MQ-9 drone is worth about $30 million), and the United States has to consider whether it is cost-effective to continue to wear out the Houthis for a long time.
In response to the situation in the Middle East, the United States may need to come up with some new strategies. Just now, the United States has made two high-profile moves.
First, the United States has once again resorted to a "divisive strategy."
According to a report on the 30th, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken visited the Middle East for the seventh time since this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and on the 29th, Blinken openly exaggerated the Iranian threat at the ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, calling on Gulf countries to strengthen defense integration to counter Iran.
In the eyes of the United States, whether it is the Yemeni Houthis or the Iraqi militias, the backers behind them are Iran. As the saying goes, "the thief catches the king first", and if the United States wants to reverse the situation, it will inevitably target Iran.
However, just last year, Saudi Arabia and Iran ushered in the "reconciliation of the century", and Iran continued to improve relations with the Gulf countries, and now, Israel's attack on Gaza has attracted widespread condemnation from Arab countries, and the actions of Iran and pro-Iranian forces are clearly in solidarity with Palestine.
Second, the United States officially acknowledges that the Israeli military has seriously violated human rights.
According to reference news reports, the US State Department determined on the 29th that before Hamas launched the "Al-Aqsa flood" operation, five Israeli military units had indeed committed serious human rights violations in the West Bank.
Seeing that the humanitarian disaster in Gaza continues to intensify, the pro-Palestinian protests in the United States have intensified, and the allies of the United States have begun to condemn and sanction Israel, the United States cannot continue to blindly "favor" Israel, but also needs to show that the United States attaches importance to human rights in a timely manner.
However, given the special relationship between the United States and Israel, the United States will not turn its face with Israel because of this, and on the 29th, the White House did not forget to state that the United States does not approve of a criminal investigation of Israeli officials in connection with the Gaza conflict.
In general, the United States still insists on the side of Israel and tries to divert the contradictions from Iran. However, in the face of the continued bloodshed of the Palestinian people and the resolute ground operation of the Israeli army against Gaza, this series of actions by the United States only once again exposes the essence of the United States' disregard for human rights. In dealing with the Middle East issue, the more wishful thinking the United States is, the easier it is to be slapped in the face.