Chapter 842: Dong Lian Comes Forward to Be a Good Person!
Let the dollar have a credit crisis, of course, is what Yang Weiping wants to see the most.
The United States is not very well received by Arabs in the Middle East right now. This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Weiping dared to welcome Syria again after letting go of Iraq's entry into the Asian dollar of oil.
Before the outbreak of the Gulf War, the United States had not yet set off an armed storm in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region, and Arab countries were not as fearful of the United States as Yang Weiping was in his previous life.
The United States and Iran have been enemies since November 4, 1979, when radical Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Iran and took 60 embassy personnel hostage, brewing a sensational Iran hostage crisis.
The main reason why Arab countries are so hostile to the United States is that the United States is too indulgent in favor of Israel's Zionist expansionist policy.
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was once prosperous. But now it is known as the capital of terror. Different political and religious organizations are engaged in fierce contests here for their own different interests. Artillery battles, gun battles, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and other terrorist incidents have emerged one after another. The focus of the contradiction is the bitter conflict between the Aberath nation and Israel. The long-term foreign policy of the United States in support of Israel has undoubtedly aroused the boundless hatred of the Arabs towards the United States, and naturally, the Americans have become the living targets of certain Arab radical organizations to carry out terrorist activities.
In March 1984, Buckley, first secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon and head of the CIA's Beirut station, was kidnapped by an unknown organization. In a year or so, six more Americans were kidnapped, and for another time it caused a hostage crisis that left the Reagan administration in a state of exhaustion.
The kidnappers offered the United States Government three conditions for the release of the hostages, namely, the release of 17 prisoners who had been imprisoned by the Government of Kuwait in 1983 for their involvement in the planning and attack on the United States Embassy in Kuwait; The kidnappers threatened. If the U.S. government does not agree to these three conditions, the hostages will be executed one by one.
The hostage crises that have occurred one after another have aroused serious concern among people from all walks of life in the United States. On the one hand, the Reagan administration claimed to have a tough response and refused to compromise with the terrorists. On the other hand, they racked their brains to find a way to release the hostages. But with little success, and the time dragged on for a longer and longer period. The kidnappers finally got impatient, and they did what they said. End of August 1985. More than a year after his abduction, the body of Buckley, the head of the CIA's Beirut station, appeared in photographs.
Reagan's inaction in dealing with the hostage crisis has provoked strong domestic public opinion, with some congressmen and journalists criticizing the administration for "abandoning" the hostages. In addition, at this time, the United States is on the eve of the midterm elections, and some people in the ruling Republican Party also demand that Reagan come up with a way as soon as possible to ease the pressure of public opinion and enhance the election capital of Republicans. Domestic and external difficulties made it difficult for Reagan to sleep and eat.
Is there really no way around it? No!
In the course of the efforts of the United States Government to release the hostages, they found it necessary to find a way to release the hostages without acceding to the conditions offered by the captors. Then we will have to deal with Iran, the enemy of the United States. Because Iran has unquestionable influence over the kidnappers. The discovery made White House aides laugh.
It can be said that the hostage crisis of the United States in the Middle East has involved a great deal of energy and resources from the United States. In addition, we have to pay attention to the war in Afghanistan, and we have to instigate China to drag the Soviet Union back, and we have to keep an eye on the British who are fighting in the Falklands so that Britain will not land in Argentina. The result of the combination of many factors is that the Eastern Union Union has invisibly become larger, and finally the US government has a kind of regret for raising tigers.
The hostage crisis has not yet been resolved, and now there is a dollar credit crisis. Yang Weiping is really a little worried about the presidential throne on President Reagan's ass.
If God hadn't put a halo on Reagan, Yang Weiping would have been sure. Reagan's presidency is coming to an end.
Reagan's political opponents would never have missed such a great opportunity to become a nuclear president.
Iraq, which originally had pro-American tendencies, quietly fell to the Eastern Union. Syria, which now wears the same pants as the Soviet Union, has also chosen to cooperate with the Eastern Union, which makes the United States' position in the Middle East even more embarrassing.
At this time, the US imperialists must not be stimulated anymore, otherwise the US imperialists will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry.
After much thought, Yang Weiping decided to call Margaret Thatcher and send a message to the U.S. government through the mouth of the Iron Lady. OUCC may be able to find a way to help find a proper solution to the hostage crisis in the United States.
After receiving a call from Yang Weiping, Margaret Thatcher praised Yang Weiping's political wisdom and happily agreed to help Yang Weiping serve as the microphone.
Washington, White House.
In the face of the endless and aggressive trend of public opinion outside the national style, Reagan, who has always been calm and confident, talks and laughs. It seems to have aged a lot all of a sudden.
The sudden phone call from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made Reagan and his staff feel as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and they all looked particularly excited.
The coalition government may have a way to persuade the Iranians and the United States to come back to the negotiating table by establishing a dialogue between the Assad family in Syria and a faction within Iran!
Reagan immediately summoned Secretary of State Scholz, Vice President George H.W. Bush, National Security Affairs Administrator McFarlane, Secretary of Defense Weinberg, and Deputy Director Casey, the actual head of the CIA, and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for urgent consultations.
Obviously, Margaret Thatcher's message once again proves that the young head of the Eastern Union did not want to have a stalemate with the United States. Kissinger obviously adhered to his "Oriental Union friendship theory" viewpoint, and looked at the top US leaders present with a particularly serious expression on his face and said:
"Iran's influence over the kidnappers is unquestionable, but the current U.S. relationship with the Iranian government makes it difficult for us to speak directly with Khomeini. If OUCC comes forward as an intermediary, with Yang Weiping's international reputation and influence, as well as OUEC's influence in Iraq and Syria, I believe that Khomeini will definitely give Yang Weiping this face!"
"Iran does have influence over those kidnappers, but I think Syria has even more influence on those kidnappers in Lebanon!" Secretary of State Shultz looked directly at Kissinger and asked seriously: "If the Eastern Union can persuade Syria to come forward to deal with those kidnappers, this will be more direct and effective than if we deal with the Iranians! Mr. Kissinger, if the young head of the Eastern Union is really willing to help us with this, I believe that he is fully capable of doing this! It depends on whether he is sincere or false." ”
"Syria has closer relations with Lebanon than Iran does with Lebanon. National Security Advisor McFarlane nodded and said: "I don't know if the young head of the Eastern Union has secret dealings with the Assad family, but since the Syrian government has announced that its oil transaction has been changed to Asian dollar settlement, I think it should be the Syrian government that has something to ask for in the Eastern Union to make such a decision." ”
"Compared with the hostage crisis, I think the credit crisis of the dollar deserves our attention!" Bush Sr. put forward a different view with a very solemn face: "Syria has always been a pro-Soviet regime, and our United States' influence on Syria has always been very limited, and several successive wars in the Middle East have put us on the opposite side of Syria. I believe that the Syrian Government's choice of the Asian dollar as the currency settlement unit for international oil transactions is a deliberate revenge on the United States for a long time! Therefore, I believe that even if the East Lenovo is such a good person, the Syrian Government will not necessarily sell this account. ”
"I think it could be a series of spy wars in Aleppo that have stimulated Hafez al-Assad's sensitive self-esteem. "According to the information we have, the Eastern Union and Syria have indeed had economic and trade exchanges over the years, but there have been no high-level meetings between the two sides. If Yang Weiping can persuade Andropov to make a phone call to Hafez al-Assad, perhaps the Syrian government will be able to send the Eastern Union a favor. ”
Reagan's face sank like water, and from time to time he glanced at Bush Sr.
With regard to Bush Sr.'s remarks just now, Reagan believes that the vice president in front of him clearly has ulterior motives.
As one of the most vocal competitors in this round of the US election, Bush Sr., who was originally vice president, is undoubtedly the strongest candidate to win the bid.
Reagan knew very well that the current hostage crisis was the biggest threat to his presidency. As for the dollar credit crisis just mentioned by Bush Sr., Reagan felt that the vice president was completely alarmist.
Syria's choice to change the international currency settlement unit of its oil transactions to the Asian dollar does have an impact on the flow of petrodollars. However, this effect is not enough to threaten the strength of the dollar in the international currency exchange market. Because the current dollar is still dominated by the gold standard after all, and it is not completely pegged to oil. As long as the Fed's gold reserves remain there, the creditworthiness of the dollar will not depreciate.
At this critical moment, Bush Sr. used the credit crisis of the US dollar to talk about things, obviously in an attempt to remind the audience that as President Reagan, before the hostage crisis was completely resolved, another credit crisis of the US dollar occurred, and everyone should question the ability of the current president, and then bomb the nuclear weapon so that Bush Sr. could succeed him as vice president.
Damn old Bush! Damn the Bush family! Can you be so anxious? If you don't fall into the ground, you'll die!
If you want my life to be bad, don't think about it better!(To be continued......)