Tension in the Red Sea; America between the hammer of China and the anvil of Egypt and Saudi Arabia

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, in different military colleges and think tanks in America, soldiers and officers are taught the necessity of avoiding confrontation with a country whose people are armed, Yemen is an example of that. But the Pentagon, which has realized that it is not possible to confront the Yemeni people in their land, is now faced with the advice that it should stay away from the Yemenis even at sea, because the escalation of tensions in the Red Sea and the confrontation with the Yemeni armed forces have put the Western economy under has made an impact and the only beneficiary of this confrontation is China.

Quds al-Arabi newspaper, today (Sunday, January 21), published a note in this regard and wrote that since the beginning of the American-British attacks against Yemen’s Ansarullah on January 11, the number of operations reached 5 by last Friday, American military experts admit that Ansarallah cannot be forced to stop targeting ships at this time. This means that the bombings in Yemen have not yet deterred this movement, which controls most of Yemen, and has almost closed Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea to international shipping. This prompted US President Joe Biden to announce last Thursday that attacks against Ansarullah will continue until they stop bombing the ships.

More This note states: The American strategy failed and this failure is evident in the following cases:

First: The Pentagon failed to control Yemen’s military arsenal, especially the missiles and drones that occasionally target commercial ships. , to destroy.
Second: It seems that international shipping companies no longer trust the support of the United States under its joint strategy with the UK called “Operation Welfare Guardian”, that is why more than twenty international companies decided to Pass through South Africa to change the course of their ships, as if the world had returned to before the opening of the Suez Canal.

On December 19, 2023, the United States launched a multinational operation with the purported goal of protecting shipping and commerce in the Red Sea, Operation Prosperity Guardian, claiming that concerns over continued trade disruptions Jahani after Ansarullah’s attacks in this sea is the main reason for the formation of this coalition. Meanwhile, Sana’a has announced that Yemeni armed forces only target Israeli ships and ships whose destination is occupied Palestine, and this is Yemen’s natural right in territorial and international waters.

Holy Agreement

Washington It is in a very difficult situation. On the one hand, it wants to guarantee Israel’s security according to the sacred agreement of the two sides, and on the other hand, it does not want dangerous tension in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab, which could extend to the Arabian Sea and the [Persian] Gulf, and significantly affect energy exports with to face a problem This will lead to a global economic crisis, and the West, especially Europe, will be the main victim. It has had major effects on Washington’s interests, especially its military interests. In this regard, the deployment of the American military fleet in the world has been affected since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa storm on October 7.

The Pentagon had to keep its two aircraft carriers in the Middle East, Gerald Ford in the eastern Mediterranean (which he left two weeks ago) to pressure Hezbollah not to enter the war, and then Eisenhower in the Red Sea to deter Iran and Ansarullah, and in addition, more than five Deployed warships including destroyers and ships for logistical support. The military presence of the US Navy has decreased in sensitive areas such as Australia, Southeast Asia and the China Sea.

As ​​this military crisis continues, for Washington, Beijing’s intelligence to protect its interests in a region full of The dangerous tension turned on. As usual, China did not condemn Ansarullah’s operation targeting ships linked to Israel and refused to participate in any plan to protect international shipping, when more than 90 percent of international trade is conducted by sea and China is the largest oil exporter. Is. Washington was surprised when it was confirmed that any ship giving off signals that it was connected to China would not be attacked at all while sailing in Bab al-Mandeb and the Red Sea.

Beijing accounts

Analytical website specializing in East and South Asia “Diplomat” It reports that Beijing has made economic and geopolitical calculations, and that is why it has adopted the current position and does not condemn Ansarullah, because it believes that it can contain the increase in the cost of international transportation that has not reached the level of the epidemic stage, while the profit Geopolitics in the conflict with the United States remains high.

Washington is also trying to insinuate that it has not declared war on Yemen by stating that it is in a defensive position against Ansarullah’s attacks, and in this way it is trying to prevent further tension. And as soon as the attacks on ships in the Red Sea stop, it will stop bombing Yemen. But in any case, it is in a difficult situation, because it is between the hammer of China, the biggest beneficiary of what is happening in the Red Sea, and the anvil of Egypt and Saudi Arabia because of their concerns about oil revenues and the Suez Canal.

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