Foreign ships raise colors of justice and fairness

The security threats some foreign merchant vessels face while sailing in the waters of the Middle East are an effect caused by the United States' gunboat approach to the region.

Although the US boasts of the precision of what it calls "surgical" strikes, its bombs and missiles still result in collateral damage, indirect as well as direct in the case of the attacks on commercial shipping.

For instance, it was the air strikes carried out by the US and some of its allies on Houthi targets in Yemen, which the US claimed threatened Israel's security, that escalated tensions in the Red Sea region since last year, triggering attacks on commercial shipping.