FIRE IN THE RED SEA
Why would it be idiotic
to commit naval assets to defend Israeli interests transiting the Red Sea?
By Sir Charlattam
Since Israel decided to
invade the Gaza Strip and raze to the ground everything that stood in its way,
only the grassroots of the Arab-Islamic population and its most immediate
political references, which curiously represent the axis of the resistance, have
come out to give their unconditional support to the Palestinian population and
obviously, to the struggle for liberation from Zionist colonialism.
The struggle that is
curiously and ironically posed is the “David against Goliath”, of the poor
peoples against a rich and debased entity supported by the great corrupter of
the world, the USA. That is why the Arab governments (especially the Gulf
monarchies), most of them enriched by the traitorous collusion with the West
that benefits this criminal state, keep quiet and even collaborate with the
little bully in the neighbourhood, the state of Israel.
Perhaps the most
determined and dedicated to this cause (besides the Lebanese Hesbollah) is
Yemen, from where, in retaliation for the massacres against the Palestinian
population of Gaza, the “Houtie” resistance periodically launches attacks with
its modest arsenal against Israeli positions both in the south of occupied
Palestine and in the Red Sea.
Despite the modesty of
their weapons (compared to the sophisticated and expensive Zionist arsenal),
their use has proven in the past and continues to prove lethal today. Moreover,
Yemenis and particularly Houties fighters are not afraid of Netanyahu and all
his destructive power. That is why “Ansar Alha” leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi
gave his immediate and unrestricted support to the Palestinian resistance as
Israel began its collective revenge against the population of the Gaza Strip
and indeed against all Palestinians.
But “Ansar Allah” found
Israel's weak point and that could not be other than its business. Just as the
Emiratis have sold the fate of the Palestinians and the holy sites in Jerusalem
(Al Aqsa Mosque) for a few gold pieces with the agreement with Israel (an
extension of Sykes-Picot), the modest but fierce and determined Yemenis are not
for sale and will screw the economic revenues of a genocidal state until the
genocide against the Palestinian population ceases.
Since then, the Houtie
resistance has become the zealous guardian and watchdog of the transit of ships
with Israeli cargo or belongings in both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
It is not only
commercial ships with innocent cargoes that come and go to Israel. Israeli
tycoons in the arms and other commodities trade (invisible to international
law) are already busting their butts over the cost implications of Houtie
activity in the waterway. Just the thought of one of their ships being hit by a
ballistic missile and sent down in the “Bab Al Mandeb” strait is enough to give
them sleepless nights. This time they can't turn to “daddy” Netanyahu who
already has too much to deal with. Send in special forces and frogmen? Forget
it! Besides it wouldn't work with the Yemenis, every IDF man is needed now in
both Gaza and the West Bank, let alone on the Lebanese border. No wonder they
try to negotiate innocent passage by handing over some of their cargo or even
paying a few hundred million dollars to the Yemenis.
Last November's capture of the Israeli ship “Galaxy Leader” was Netanyahu's first punch in the face and a clear message that Yemen is not afraid of the threats, the influence Tel Aviv wields and the damage it knows how to cause. Proof of this was seen with the naval missile strikes against several ships that wanted to ignore the warnings of the Yemeni resistance.
Predictably, Washington
and its allies in London, led by the smiling Rishi Sunak, were quick to deploy
their naval units in the area. At the same time and from the political forum,
both sides began to launch threats aimed at intimidating the Yemenis. The
response was swift and as the “USS Carney” manoeuvred to provide cover for the
British cargo ship Unity Explorer (owned by an Israeli businessman) to pass
through the Bab Al Mandeb strait, they were hit by coastal missiles and
kamikaze drone attacks launched by Yemeni forces.
Beyond Washington's
clarifications trying to minimise the effects of these attacks, the crew of the
"USS Carney" are the ones who are there and they know they are still
in the crosshairs. That is why national security adviser Jake Sullivan
announced the initiative to create a “maritime task force” to guard Israeli
naval logistics, and in this plan it would not be surprising that plans are
already underway to recruit "useful idiots" in desperate countries
such as Argentina to serve as cannon fodder in this enterprise.
Britain, of course, has
already signed up to the initiative, although it does not seem to have stopped
to calculate the costs. For Prime Minister Sunak, the situation is “deeply
worrying” and the costs will pay for themselves.
Perhaps Prime Minister
Sunak does not know this because he has been involved in private finance all
his life, but public finances are handled differently.
In addition to this,
his advisers in the Foreign Office and MI6 should enlighten him a little on the
idiosyncrasies of Yemenis and what the empire did with its abuses of them
(aberrant in all their kinds) in the days of the British Indian colony. Yemenis
have not forgotten the torture, rape and executions by British interrogators in
the 1960s. It is no accident that we are lumped together with the Israelis and
the Americans. I don't think the S.B.S. or even a bunch of addicted, beer-drunk
Hooligans recruited by MI6 could survive for a few hours if they dared to play “James
Bond” there.
For the time being,
Washington is presenting the situation in a distorted way as a gratuitous
threat to shipping and international trade when in fact it is a targeted action
against Israel.
It is quite possible
that incidents of ships of other nationalities not linked to Israel will be
targeted as part of NATO's counter-intelligence operations.