With the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States has fallen into two quagmire at the same time, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict between Palestine and Israel. At the same time that the United States cut off aid to Ukraine and threw its full support behind Israel's offensive in southern Gaza, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Middle East on a special plane for a lightning visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the President of the United Arab Emirates met with Putin and had in-depth talks on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, the situation between Russia and Ukraine, oil exports and other issues. Many Americans are very worried about Putin's action.

Some American sources pointed out that Putin's visit is very unusual, which may drive a wedge between the United States and its Allies in the Middle East. Moreover, Putin will also receive visiting Iranian President Raisi in Moscow, and the Kremlin has "concentrated fire" in the diplomatic field.

From the current point of view, the American people's concern about Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is not unnecessary. Since Putin's return, the political situation in the Middle East has undergone further changes.
According to the Observer network reported on December 7, Saudi Arabia continues to get closer to Russia on the issue of oil exports, which makes Washington angry. The UAE has also shrugged off US pressure to cooperate with Russia in areas such as science and technology.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are both traditional Allies of the United States in the Middle East, and this series of moves by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all show that the United States' isolation policy toward Russia has not worked, and Russia is returning to the global stage.

Even more difficult for the United States to accept is that Saudi Arabia has "significantly changed" its diplomatic position and begun to take a more independent diplomatic path.

In recent days, Houthi forces in Yemen not only seized an Israeli cargo ship, but also frequently attacked passing Israeli ships with missiles and drones.

According to the Pentagon, the American destroyer that came to provide escort was also once the target of Houthi armed missiles.

In addition, the Houthis also began direct attacks on Israeli populated areas, firing ballistic missiles at the southern Israeli city of Eilat.

U.S. officials said the Houthis' actions have worsened the security situation in the region and created significant uncertainty for the world's oil trade.

Yemen is the gateway to the Red Sea, through which most of the world's oil tankers pass. Washington is concerned that the Houthis "threaten the security of global oil transportation."

To Washington's surprise, no sooner had the United States condemned the Houthis than Saudi Arabia warned the United States.

The Saudi government explicitly urged the United States to exercise restraint in the Red Sea attack to prevent a spillover of a new Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Saudi Arabian government is already pressuring the United States to end Washington's involvement in the conflict in Gaza and the Middle East.

In addition, Saudi Arabia is actively developing relations with Iran, Russia and other countries, and actively reconciling with the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

This series of moves by Saudi Arabia makes the United States feel difficult to accept, because in the view of the United States, Yemen Houthi armed forces have been a "big threat" to Saudi Arabia, Saudi forces and Yemen Houthi armed forces have been fighting for nine years.

In addition, "Yemen's Houthi armed threat to Saudi border security" is also the biggest reason for the United States to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia.

In various international affairs, the United States often threatens to "withdraw the American troops stationed in Saudi Arabia" to force Saudi Arabia to stand on the side of the United States.

As a result, if Saudi Arabia fully reconciles with the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, Saudi Arabia will not need the United States as much as before, and American influence in the Middle East will be further weakened.

From here, we can see that the situation in the Middle East is developing in the direction that the United States does not want.

The United States should stop intervening in the Middle East situation in accordance with Saudi Arabia's request, instead of constantly making fire on the Middle East issue.