Chapter 317: Intervening in the Iran-Iraq War
Of course, Reagan could not have spent his limited time discussing Chinese kung fu, so after expressing some surprise and admiration for Alice's ability, he immediately turned the conversation to the main point. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Alice, I wonder how much you know about the current international situation?"
"I understand, but that's a bit too big a question. Mr. President, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"How much do you know about my foreign policy?"
Alice looked down at her knees: "Are you referring to the issue of arms sales to Taiwan and the conflict relationship with the Soviet Union?"
Obviously getting a satisfactory answer, Reagan nodded and said, "That's right, since you can think of this layer, you should also know something about the Star Wars project, right?"
Until now, Alice has not been able to find out how Reagan is intended. He called himself all the way to the White House, and it must have been a temporary idea, and the only direct cause was the incident that saved Bush Sr. yesterday. But now sitting in this Oval Office, the topic has drifted to such an unknown angle, which really makes Alice a little confused.
"It is true that the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is to attack the enemy's intercontinental strategic missiles and outer space spacecraft in outer space by various means to prevent a nuclear strike by a hostile state against the United States and its allies. Its technical means include the deployment of high-energy directional weapons or conventional strike weapons in outer space and on the ground, and multi-level interception at all stages of the enemy's strategic missile attack. ”
Alice shrugged and said, "I was asked by Lockheed to help develop the YF-22, you can know, does the White House also want me to help develop some special weapons?"
"Hehe, if you really have the ability, I believe the Pentagon will not refuse. ”
Saying this, Reagan waved his hand and said, "You know my foreign policy, and you pay close attention to the Strategic Defense Initiative, and then I found out that you set up a security company and spent a lot of money to build a training base?"
Is it for this!?
Alice's eyebrows jumped uncontrollably, and a few days earlier, Mr. Akaman had sent her some progress reports. With the continuous injection of funds from Microsoft's dividends, after nearly a year of construction, the training base has basically had practical value, and the politicians in North Carolina have long been known to him. So, this is finally the time to get the president's attention?
"I didn't ...... Wrong!"
Alice tilted her head, "So, what do you mean?"
"With my approval, Blackwater International can directly obtain orders from the Department of Defense, and politicians throughout Washington will be happy to see Blackwater's mercenaries as bodyguards for them. Of course, this is based on the premise that your company is really outstanding. ”
Reagan looked at Alice with a smile and was satisfied to see her look of surprise, so a further big cake fell down again: "Even on the part of the company's employees, of course, after knowing the background of that Levi Ackman, I can more or less guess what you think." Dominated by Delta Special Forces and Navy SEALs, supplemented by regular Marines, the military can refer their retired soldiers directly to your company if possible. Alice, do you have anything to say?"
What's the idea?
Alice's brain was racing, and it seemed that Reagan was trying to prop up a government supplier, which in itself was not surprising. What's more, she is actually a government supplier at present, and the water delivery favor sold by Bush Sr. to Cisco has made a lot of money in the East Coast region.
Of course, there is no doubt that the elder Bush has also gained a lot of political capital from it.
So now, Reagan has a similar idea?
However, the security industry?
"It shouldn't be that simple, right?"
After a moment of silence, she chuckled and said, "Mr. President, although I have thrown tens of millions of yuan into this company, after all, it has not even started official business." A security company, but you suddenly plan to fund it heavily, is the United States going to war with the outside world?"
Reagan laughed loudly, laughing as he stood up, poured himself a full cup of coffee, and was still smiling when he returned to his seat.
"What a brain, little Alice. ”
First blew off the foam on the surface, and then slowly took a sip of the hot cappuccino, he said with satisfaction: "It seems that your vision is definitely not worse than that of us people, then I will get straight to the point." ”
Alice nodded seriously: "Listen up." ”
"The Iran-Iraq war has been going on for seven years, counting now. ”
Reagan said solemnly: "Iraq is the main ally of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, and our relations with it have always been very bad. Back in '79, we included Iraq in the list of countries that support international terrorism, but now, because of a number of ...... For more complex reasons, our relationship with it is gradually improving. ”
"We have been secretly aiding Iraq since 1982, when a reformed Iran invaded the interior of Iraq in a big way. As for the reason, in order to prevent Iran from winning and thus exporting revolution to other Arab countries, we have also removed Iraq from the list of countries sponsoring international terrorism and sold weapons to them. ”
"But the mediation period is almost here, isn't it?"
When Reagan paused for a moment, Alice said, "Now that the whole country is talking, it's time for the United Nations Security Council to declare a ceasefire, and you plan to ...... Belch...... Send me the mercenaries from Blackwater International?"
Talking to smart people is a matter of convenience, at least a lot of unnecessary explanations can be saved, but Alice's guess still misses the point. Reagan smiled and gulped down the warmed coffee.
"Even if the Security Council declares a ceasefire, a real ceasefire will certainly come so easily, and two countries that have been at war for seven years will not easily stop because of a treaty. So, we need to create a decisive battle, and we need to start it after the ceasefire is announced, so that they have to stop. ”
Alice didn't say anything at once, she lowered her head slightly, and subconsciously parted her legs, and then closed back because of the indecent posture. She shouldn't have worn a skirt today, and the lady was too tired to sit down, so she simply lifted Erlang's legs, and her thin eyebrows were deeply wrinkled.
"It doesn't seem like it's in the national interest, does it?"
She tilted her head and looked at Reagan: "In seven years, Iraq's foreign debt now has $80 billion, of which more than $40 billion is owed to the Western world and the Soviet Union alone.
"Arms dealers do make a lot of money, but the price of oil doesn't. ”
Looking at Alice's slightly grown little red lips, Reagan smiled more satisfied: "The outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war directly led to the second oil crisis, which caused the daily production to fall from four million barrels to less than one million, and now, its output is directly equal to zero." The world's demand for oil is deepening, and the Iran-Iraq region is producing almost zero, who do you think this will profit?"
"Soviet Union!"
Alice had already prepared the answer, and said with a wry smile: "The newspapers say that Samotrol, the treasure of Siberia, produced 150 million tons of oil in 1980. Moreover, in recent years, the national oil production of the Soviet Union has also been maintained at the level of nearly 600 million tons per year...... All the money was made by them. ”
"That's right!"
Reagan tapped on the table and said, "I have to satisfy the interests of the oil barons, who don't have much territory in the Soviet Union." And you know, because non-OPEC members are trying to break our oil monopoly, but they are exploring all over the world. When the crisis first broke out, those oil traders thought that they could make another windfall by creating oil shortages and driving up oil prices, just like the first crisis, but they were stirred up by small and medium-sized oil dealers, not to mention that they completely miscalculated, and even caused great losses!"
Alice was silent again.
There's no way not to be silent.
The water is so deep.
Let's take it easy.
Since the president wants to end the Iran-Iraq war as soon as possible, then we can just help quietly, and ignore the rest for now.
"A ceasefire agreement will come out this month. ”
Reagan also realized that he was far away, turned his head and said: "But there is still a lot of time left for us, at least in half a year, these two countries will fight again, or even in the next year." Although it will give the Soviet Union more time to make money, but fortunately, this is also relative, Alice, three thousand special forces, can you swallow it?"
Many of the words were not explained explicitly, because Alice understood Reagan's meaning directly.
The US government wants to intervene in the Iran-Iraq war and help Iraq achieve a quick victory after the UN ceasefire agreement comes out.
It's definitely not possible to go straight to the army, so it's time for the mercenaries to come in.
There are many such companies in the United States, but it would be too risky for the government to recruit a group of senior security guards from a few random ones.
So Reagan turned his attention to Alice herself.
"The training base has been basically built and will be put into use within a month. ”
After a moment's thought, Alice smiled, "However, we must retrain those soldiers." Mr. President, unless you send your troops directly on active duty, you will definitely have to go through a few months of reconstruction, do you think this time is enough?"
"There are soldiers who are unwilling to be lonely after retiring, you can rest assured. ”
Reagan chuckled and waved his hand as if it weren't a problem at all: "The Delta Force has a full strength of 2,500 people, and nearly 200 people retire every year, and the Navy SEALs are also more than 100 people. According to the three years since retirement, this is more than 1,000 people, plus a group of young men who have just retired from the Marine Corps, it only takes three months to become an unbeatable group of wolf warriors!" (To be continued.) )