He said that specific railway is one of the key arteries linking China to Central Asia, Iran, and, ultimately, the wider Middle East.
A modern version of the ancient Silk Road, the physical backbone of China's vision for the region.
Hussein believes the strike was symbolic: a warning that countries betting their future on China's Belt and Road Initiative should understand there may be a price for doing so.
And what he thinks comes after it is even more concerning.
Trump promised to end America's endless wars, but Washington still has no vision for what peace actually looks like, whereas China does.
Railways, ports, industrial zones, manufacturing, energy projects, technology transfers, and long-term investment.
While the U.S is trying to shape the region through military power, China understands economic integration is a much stronger force.
Hussein pointed to China's role in helping bring Saudi and Iran back to the negotiating table, the rapid expansion of industrial cooperation across the Gulf, and the growing network of transport corridors connecting the region to Asia.
In his view, those projects are changing the Middle East far more profoundly than most headlines suggest.
That's also why he thinks this war is about far more than Iran; it's about who gets to shape the next economic map of Eurasia.
His argument is that the old model, export oil, import everything else, and depend on American military protection, is steadily giving way to something different.
Countries across the region are trying to build industries instead of simply exporting raw materials.
And they're increasingly looking to the east as well as the west.
