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U.S. President Walsh's tone was flat, but what he said seemed to drop a bombshell, leaving both Brent and Lin Hong a little dumbfounded.

Obviously, for them, the things in front of them are very weird, because the original Gulf War was mainly a war initiated by the United States against Iraq, so it stands to reason that if there is a truce or an end or something, it should be to talk to Iraq, Salm or Majid, what the hell is Zhou Ming who can't fight with Iraq?

However, some things were so illogical that Walsh had not only found it, but had gone to great lengths to have Brent personally negotiate with the new Conway.

Although the spread of this approach is to shock the whole world, it cannot but be said that Walsh has also found the key point in doing so, because if it were not for Zhou Ming, I am afraid that the Gulf War would have ended with the victory of the US military, and even the losses of the US military in the war can be negligible, and because of the great victory of this asymmetric war, the United States has been able to dominate the new world order in the future.

But now it is Zhou Ming's accession, which completely disrupted the steps of this war, and also disrupted the deployment of the White House, first of all, because of the non-cooperation of the consortium congressmen, which led to the postponement of the offensive, delaying the best offensive time, so that the US Air Force could not take advantage of the weather conditions and the powerful air force in the first round of strikes, and could only retreat to the air ambush with a certain risky way.

Later, after seizing air supremacy, the pace of the war was being staged step by step according to the script of the Americans, but a disastrous defeat at Cubal and the annihilation of the entire Desert Tiger Infantry Regiment led the war astray again. At this time, a photo of a child shocked the whole United States and also pushed all Americans to protest against the war, asking the US military to pay attention to protecting the human rights of Iraqis while fighting the war.

Walsh had no doubt that the photo was posed by Zhou Ming, and in fact the U.S. military itself often did it for propaganda purposes.

However, it is obviously meaningless to pursue it after the fact, because the effect of propaganda has been achieved, and any explanation, no matter how reasonable, is extremely pale, and it is for this reason that the federal government led by Walsh quickly acquiesced in the implementation of the oil-for-food program, of course, because of the windfall profits in the middle of the plan, Walsh could not prevent the major conglomerates from promoting this plan wildly and greedily.

Obviously, this kind of war cannot be carried out at all, and it will also greatly increase the casualties and military spending of the US military, and then a new wave of anti-war will be set off in the country, then Iraq will be a new South Vietnam, and the United States will fall into the quagmire of a new war.

It may sound like the ridiculous logic of asking the horses to run and the horses not to graze, but the Virgins who oppose it will not care about this, because this is what you need to consider in the federal government, and it is definitely not allowed by Walsh!

It is precisely for this reason that the U.S. military began to attack Basra frantically, hoping that through the occupation of Basra, the U.S. Navy drove into the river and directly threatened the capital Badina to force Iraq to surrender as soon as possible. However, an attack on the Rumaila oil field once again shattered Walsh's thoughts.

Since the Rumaila oil field is the most important source of oil for the food-for-food program, the attack here will once again touch the nerves of the world, and the Virgins will be guided by public opinion to believe that this is a conspiracy of the federal government to stop the oil-for-food program. Of course, the White House can explain this, and it can also show a lot of evidence that it is a conspiracy of the Iraqis, but the public opinion of the Virgin Mary is sometimes not IQ enough, and they will only think that it is the fault of the federal government.

Seeing that the situation was gradually beyond his control, Walsh had no choice but to choose the most likely way to end the war as soon as possible...... Negotiation.

And this Gulf War was also led astray after Zhou Ming's intervention, so Walsh, under the advice of the think tank, also directly contacted Zhou Ming, hoping to reach an agreement with Zhou Ming, they believed that as long as Zhou Ming was convinced, Zhou Ming would have a way to make Iraq choose to surrender, in fact, Zhou Ming does have this ability.

Zhou Ming thought quickly in his mind, and he had a clear idea of Walsh's purpose, so he said meaningfully: "We reached an agreement to end the Gulf War as soon as possible? I think Mr. President seems to have made the wrong person, right? The person who has this power should be Salm." ”

Walsh said unhurriedly: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I think it's better for us not to dwell on this issue, because we both understand what the hell is going on, and Salm is just a puppet, right?"

It is indeed not interesting to detour on this issue, and Zhou Ming does not think that the wise US president will not understand the changes in Iraq, so Zhou Ming said frankly: "Okay, I do have the ability to end this war, but what about the benefits? You know that I am a businessman, and if the benefits of this war are not exceeded, then the war will not end." ”

"Oil-for-food program. Walsh said without hesitation, apparently he had already thought about it before, "In the next ten years, the United States will continue to impose comprehensive economic sanctions on Iraq, which means that the oil-for-food program can be implemented for at least ten years, and Iraq's dependence on this program will become more and more serious, coupled with the continuous rise in oil prices, the benefits of this program will only increase." ”

"It's a very tempting offer, but President Walsh, I'm sorry I don't believe your words, but if I'm not mistaken, your term of office will end next year, so what guarantee do you have to give that the comprehensive economic sanctions against Iraq will not be terminated because of your departure?" Zhou Ming asked.

"The huge benefits," Walsh replied, "are because of the windfall profits in the oil-for-food program, which will influence every president, and even if I fail to seek re-election, the next president will continue to enforce economic sanctions against Iraq because of the influence of the consortiums." ”

Zhou Ming sighed and said, "But if you want to involve the consortium in the oil-for-food program, doesn't that mean that my interests are reduced?"

Walsh was a little angry: "You are too greedy, one percent of this plan is enough to feed a listed company, and the benefits will only grow in the future, what are you not satisfied with?"

Zhou Ming was still unmoved: "Greed is the instinct of capitalists, isn't it? And President Walsh, who is sitting on billions of dollars in family assets, seems to be only 50 steps and 100 steps to laugh at when he says that I am greedy, right?"

Listening to Zhou Ming's words, President Walsh was really angry, he thought that Zhou Ming was just a young man in his twenties, and he passed by casually, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult, he held back his anger and said: "I should really order a formation of air forces to carry out an air raid when the new Conway enters the port, and directly blow you up and sink you at the bottom of the Tigris River." ”

"Yes, but as a wise president, you certainly wouldn't do that. Zhou Ming said.

Walsh calmed down for a moment, and then said to Zhou Ming: "Forget it, anyway, this time is a negotiation, you can tell me about your conditions, I hope it won't embarrass me too much." ”

"I'm sure I won't embarrass you, because I only have two more requests. Zhou Ming held up two fingers and said, "First of all, the first is to retain the power of the Hussein family in Iraq." ”

Walsh nodded and said: "That's no problem, the purpose of our original war was to restore Kuwait's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in principle, as long as this is achieved, the war can be ended, and the follow-up war that is being waged now is only to further carry out armed deterrence against Iraq, and I have never had the idea of overthrowing the Salm regime." ”

"Then the second point is that I want to know President Walsh, why do you have to find me?" Zhou Ming asked.

Faced with Zhou Ming's question, Walsh was very surprised: "Didn't I already answer you at the beginning?"

Zhou Ming said: "Mr. President, in your words, we both understand what is going on, so it's better not to dwell on this issue, what do you say?"

"I know that your purpose in coming to me is to negotiate with me and reach an agreement to end the war as soon as possible, but I have been thinking since now, no matter how much I overestimate myself, it seems that I am not qualified to be an equal to an American president. And most importantly, if you really decide to do whatever it takes, you can easily end the war, right?"

Zhou Ming then continued: "So no matter what I think, you don't have to send your security assistant to personally venture to Iraq to find me, and the abnormal behavior of the pilot you said makes me feel that there must be a deeper reason behind this, and what I want to know is this deeper reason." ”

Walsh was silent for a long time before he smiled wryly and said, "I thought you would raise other commercial issues of profit distribution, even oil in Iraq and the entire Gulf region, but I didn't think you would only want to know this reason." ”

"Because he bothered me, I wanted to get to know him. Zhou Ming said, "As for other commercial matters, then leave it to commercial means to solve, if I really need it, I believe I will be able to own or control the entire Gulf region of oil!"

Walsh was stunned for a moment, he could hear the strong confidence in Zhou Ming's tone, if someone else said this to Walsh, he would feel that the other party was bragging, after all, the oil in the Gulf region is staring at the whole world, who can say that he can own or control it if he needs it? But the person who said this was Zhou Ming, which gave people a feeling that he could indeed do what he said, which was very weird.

Thinking of the end, Walsh himself couldn't help but laugh, because it was weird enough for him to have such an idea.

Then Walsh said to Zhou Ming: "Okay, since this is your condition, then I'll tell you, what I'm worried about is that this war is not just a war, he is still a conspiracy." ”

"Conspiracy, Mr. President, could you please be more detailed?" Zhou Ming asked.

"From the beginning, as far as I am concerned, I did not intend to intercept your plane, because I did not think it was necessary, but the Adams consortium kept urging me to do so, of course I knew the contradiction between you and them, I thought so at first, but the investigation report on the crash completely overturned my original idea. ”

Speaking of this, Walsh paused for a moment, as if he had some scruples, and then asked, "Mr. Zhou Ming, do you know the outside world?"

Zhou Ming raised his eyebrows: "Governor Edward of Massachusetts told me, does this matter also have anything to do with that?"

"That's the Kendini family, he does know. "Although I can't tell you the specific speculation, I can tell you with certainty that this war is a conspiracy of the outside world, and I don't know what they are planning, but since they have gone to such great lengths to send you into Iraq, they must want you to intervene in the course of this war and bring great benefits to them." ”

"I don't want this war to become their tool, I don't want you and I and thousands of soldiers to become their pawns, so I hope we can reach an agreement to end this war, which has lost its original meaning. Walsh said sincerely.