The situation in the Middle East has changed.
According to the Palestinian News Agency, in the early morning of the 12th local time, the Israeli army launched an all-round air, sea and land attack on Rafah, a city in the south of the Gaza Strip, and the death toll has now exceeded 100.
Prior to this, Israel had announced its plan of military strike against Rafah, which was collectively condemned by many countries in the Middle East.
In sharp contrast to the condemnation, almost at the same time, the US Senate is pushing through a bill, and one of the contents of the bill is to provide $14.1 billion in military assistance to Israel.
When the Middle East countries called for controlling the escalation of the situation, the Americans added fuel to the fire.
In addition to continuing to provide military assistance to Israel, the United States has recently carried out retaliatory air strikes against the Middle East, bombing Iraq and Syria one after another, making the situation in the Middle East even more turbulent.
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister came out and said that Iraq is not a stage for liquidation between hostile countries.
The United States retaliates and other countries suffer. After the air raid, Tan Zhu also noticed that many people had similar puzzles:
Why did the United States bomb Syria and Iraq?
In my impression, the United States has been bombing these countries continuously. Why has the bombing not stopped after more than 10 years?
Air strikes have become a perspective to observe American actions in the Middle East. Through air strikes, we can also see the situation in the Middle East and the current situation of the United States in the Middle East.situation.
On January 28th, local time, Tower 22, a small American logistics base in the northeast of Jordan, was attacked by drones.
This is not the first time that the US military base in the Middle East has been attacked recently. In fact, after this round of escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the US military bases in Iraq and Syria have suffered.More than 160 timesAttack.
But this attack killed three American soldiers.
This is no small matter for the United States. According to the data of the U.S. Department of Defense, since 2022, no American soldiers have been killed in hostilities. The last time an American soldier was killed overseas, it was in August 2021, when 13 American soldiers were killed in an attack.
The seriousness of the matter is not limited to these.
Previously, the bases attacked by the US military were basically in an open or semi-open state, and the base attacked this time was located in Jordan. According to foreign media, this is a "secret base".
Moreover, according to the preliminary investigation report of the United States, when the drone attacked the base, an American drone was about to return to the base, so the people at the base thought it was their own drone and took no action at all.
This means that the other party has masteredRelevant informationIn order to attack the US military at this time node.
This surprised and angered the United States. After the attack, Biden met with Haynes, the director of national intelligence.
On January 31, the US intelligence agency said that the attack was launched by armed groups supported by Iran, so why bomb Syria and Iraq?
By clarifying the relationship here, we can understand the current situation.
In 2003, the United States launched the Iraq war. In order to quickly attack the Iraqi government, the United States and its allies launched.More than 20,000 piecesBombs, which not only destroyed Iraq’s infrastructure, but also brought great casualties to Iraqi civilians.
In this context, a number of armed groups were established, including the "Hezbollah Brigade" which was identified by the US military as participating in the base attack in Jordan.
"Hezbollah Brigade" believes that the tension in the Middle East countries is caused by the United States and Western countries, and hopes to get rid of the control of the United States and Western countries in the Middle East.
Historically, the statement of "Hezbollah Brigade" makes sense.
When we open the map, we can see that the borders of some Middle Eastern countries are straight, just like straight lines.
Before the end of World War I, western colonialists began to think about how to carve up the Middle East. They took out their pens and drew lines on the map. These lines will be the borders of many countries in the future. This way, which completely ignores the reality, also makes the Middle East countries add something like territory on the basis of the original religious contradictions.Realistic conflict of interest.
Therefore, for western countries, forces such as Hezbollah Brigade have always held a hostile attitude.
After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, they helped the Syrian government forces to fight against the rebels.
Why is it against anti-government forces? From a data, we can see the clue:
According to the disclosure, the United States spent billions of dollars to cultivate and support in Syria.More than 80Anti-government forces.
In 2014, the United States put this support on the bright side — — At that time, the extremist organization "Islamic State" was rampant in Iraq, Syria and other countries. The United States announced that it would provide equipment and training support to Syrian rebels on the grounds of cracking down on terrorist organizations.
Anti-terrorism is the proper meaning, but the United States only provides support to anti-government armed forces, and its intention is self-evident.
At that time, the "Hezbollah Brigade" also participated in the action against the "Islamic State".
In 2021, during the meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, US President Biden promised that by the end of 2021, there would be no US troops undertaking combat missions in Iraq.
But the US military just played a "word game" — — Turned "combat troops" into "military advisers."
At present, the US military still has2,500Military personnel are deployed at Assad Air Force Base, Ballard Air Force Base and Erbil Air Force Base respectively. Fighters, drones and special forces from these bases can still operate in Iraq and carry out military strike missions.
As a result, these bases have also become the key targets of armed groups. In addition to these three bases, there is also the Tanf base in Syria.
The US military built this base in the name of "anti-terrorism". As can be seen from the picture, it cut off a highway, which is a highway connecting Damascus, Syria and Baghdad, Iraq, so that the armed forces going back and forth between the two countries can only be transferred through the desert. The oil stolen by the US military from Syria was also transported to Iraq from this base.
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In 2020, after the United States assassinated Soleimani, a senior Iranian general, the Hezbollah Brigade and other armed groups began to unite. Then why are these armed groups willing to unite after the assassination in Soleimani?
Niu Xinchun, who has studied the Middle East for a long time, summed up the demands of all parties in the Middle East. He said that at present, the "resistance front" headed by Iran and the "western center" headed by the United States belong to the Middle East.The largest and most fundamentalA pair of contradictions.
The new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has intensified this contradiction.
With the intervention of the United States, the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza has been delayed.
The situation of the people in Gaza is not optimistic. Israel has built a cross in the Gaza area65 kilometers, high6 metersThe fence, to lay siege to Hamas. Anyone who tries to cross the fence will be shot.
The whole Gaza area is a "dilemma",only a little United Nations humanitarian aid can be transported to Gaza through the border zone.
According to statistics, 80% of the population in Gaza depend on international aid.
After the escalation of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the continuous exchange of fire hindered the rescue operation. According to United Nations estimates, more than 2 million people in Gaza are short of basic materials, and the situation is very serious.
It’s not just Gaza that is in crisis. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been delayed, assassinations and explosions have occurred one after another, and the regional situation is even at risk of getting out of control. Moreover, the deterioration of the overall security situation in the Middle East has also provided extremist forces with opportunities for activities — — The "Islamic State" took the opportunity to create many explosions.
Seeing that the Middle East is in danger of being dragged into a large-scale conflict again, armed groups in the Middle East are beginning to realize that they need to solve the problem — — The obvious partiality of the United States towards Israel.
The first to act is the Houthi armed forces. They began to attack American ships in the waters of the Red Sea, and claimed that they would stop such attacks only if Israeli military strikes against the Gaza were stopped.
Non-state armed groups in other parts of the Middle East have also joined this round of anti-American actions. This is what we saw at the beginning. After the beginning of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the US military base was attacked more than 160 times.
On February 7, the United States suddenly assassinated the senior commander of the Hezbollah Brigade, which also intensified the situation.
At present, the United States has long reserved in Iraq.2,500Garrison, stationed in Syria1000About American soldiers, armed personnel stationed in Jordan in various names about3000 peopleThere are also sporadic US military personnel in other countries in the Middle East. As long as the United States still does not support the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire, these American bases may become targets of attack.
In the past few decades, the United States has waged many wars in the Middle East in the name of "anti-terrorism" and "democracy and freedom".
But what the United States has brought to these countries is turmoil and disaster.
To this day, the United States is still reluctant to leave these countries. According to statistics, the US military is in the Middle East, at least.More than 30Military base.
This also means that American military forces can complete any military action that the United States wants to carry out in these countries — — Air strikes, assassinations and so on.
There is a military base in Nevada, USA — — Kreiger Air Force Base. American soldiers in this base, like "playing games", control drones hovering over Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries thousands of miles away to carry out bombing and other tasks.
Americans press the launch button in a warm room, but thousands of miles away, it is a scene of countless lives and starvation, which is a contemporary human tragedy.
And the United States is ignoring such a tragedy. For a long time, the United States has used air strikes and bombings to suppress the resistance and dissatisfaction of the armed forces in the Middle East. In this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the performance of the United States in the face of Houthi armed intrusion made those armed forces in the Middle East who had been bombed by the US military and displaced by the Americans see the possibility of fighting back.
When the anti-American sentiment in the Middle East was ignited, the situation really changed for the United States.