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British journalist, columnist, and political analyst, with a specialist focus on Asia topics. He resides in South Korea.
According to insider sources, the United States, amongst others, outwardly opposes an Israeli invasion of this city, with some sources such as Axios even recently going as far as describing it as a "red line."
The US goal of course is not to deliver humanitarian aid, after all, who builds an entire port just for a short-term effort?
Although the British mainstream media do not like Galloway for his diehard advocacy of Palestine, they nonetheless accepted that his victory means trouble for Keir Starmer’s position on the issue.
The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea is of course a highly strategic waterway, and the Yemeni Armed forces are exercising the leverage they have in order to try and squeeze it.
If "Israel" has aspirations to colonize Gaza, we should again expect it to happen via the strategy of “salami slicing”.
It has become the norm now that freedom of speech is being replaced with growing pressures to follow the “official view” on issues, or at least not to be seen as challenging it.
The credibility the West has lost to the rest of the world will also be lasting, with an impact similar to that of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Western domination of the geographic space known as the “Gulf of Aden” is their true intention, as it has been for centuries.
Arab countries want to maximize and diversify their economic options, this is done purely out of self-interest as opposed to an ideological commitment to alliances and blocs, which is the only way the US seems to understand world affairs.
China’s relationship with Iran has significantly increased in recent years, with a comprehensive 25-year strategic partnership having been announced in March 2021.