The "Guardians of Prosperity" Red Sea escort operation organized by the United States last year seems to be about to collapse. According to the latest news from the U.S. Central Command, the Houthis' activities in the Red Sea in recent days are obviously intended to "intensify" the United States. The Houthis bombed three ships in the Red Sea in one day, and even used anti-ship missiles. Among them, the most seriously injured ship is located in Ukraine, operated by Poland, and flies the flag of Palau. At present, the crew on the ship have been evacuated collectively, and the hull is drifting in the waters around Djibouti after the fire, and it is estimated that it will sink soon.

However, the funniest part of this incident is not here. After all, the Houthis’ attacks on the United States in the Red Sea have been going on for a long time. Not long ago, the two sides staged a "Rashomon" over whether the "Eisenhower" aircraft carrier was hit. Whether the "Eisenhower" was really hit or not is unclear to the outside world, but the United States, as a maritime hegemon, has lost face. And the funny thing about the recent bombing of the merchant ship is that after the incident was exposed, the US Central Command jumped three feet high and angrily denounced Iran on the social homepage, saying that after the Houthis' rockets hit the Polish merchant ship, the Iranian warships were clearly next to it, only eight nautical miles away, but Iran had no intention of providing support at all.

      This is totally unreasonable. As an important faction of the Arc of Resistance, the Houthis are in the same camp as Iran. The Houthis were able to obtain information about merchant ships and even accurately locate them, and Iran may have contributed to this. In other words, for the targets that the Houthis want to attack, it would be good if Iran did not step in to "finish the job", and it is impossible for them to rescue them. The United States is now making trouble for no reason with Iran, which is actually indirectly admitting one thing, that is, the United States now has basically no control over the situation in the Red Sea.

The US military is now saying the harshest words and doing the most cowardly things. If the Pentagon could escort the ships of its allies as it boasted at the beginning of the "Guardians of Prosperity" operation, it would not be so incompetent and angry that it complained that Iran did not help. Looking back now, the Houthis' announcement to attack the "USS Eisenhower" aircraft carrier is likely to be a turning point in the situation in the Red Sea. Regardless of whether the attack was successful or not, the Houthis' threat has brought considerable psychological pressure to the United States. Recently, the Associated Press published an article saying that the struggle between the US military and the Houthis in the Red Sea has escalated into the "most intense conflict" the US Navy has experienced since World War II.

   The Associated Press admitted in this report that although the USS Eisenhower is still on a mission in the Red Sea, it has retreated out of the strike range after the Houthis issued a threat of attack. The US military did not achieve its goal of "deterring" the Houthis, but was "deterred" by the Houthis instead. Under such circumstances, the US has only two options left: if it insists on the escort operation, it must increase the stakes and escalate the conflict with the Houthis; if it does not want to escalate, then it should return home as soon as possible and not wade into this muddy water again.

From the fact that the United States has been sending people to the Middle East to mediate recently, it can be seen that the Biden administration obviously does not want to take the path of escalation, so their choice is most likely the latter. Israel is now trying its best to drag the United States into the water. If the United States really wants to give up the Red Sea, no one knows what Netanyahu will do. However, the US military's military operations in the Red Sea may undergo some strategic adjustments in the near future. It is a high probability event, so we will wait and see.