Chapter 83: The Beginning of Ratings

Iraq's brazen invasion of Kuwait attracted the attention of the whole world, and after World War II, only the two poles, the United States and Soviet Russia, could fight whoever they wanted.

North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Grenada...... Soviet Russia even beat a guy in the northeast of China, and in the end, the two powerhouses of the red camp tore their faces, and the relations between the two countries could no longer be restored to the honeymoon period, even if Soviet Russia disintegrated in the later period, it was useless.

Now, there is a country that brazenly sends troops to its neighbors under pressure from the United States? Saddam, the tyrant's morality and wisdom aside, let alone his courage, absolutely shocked most people.

You must know that Iraq is not a big country like China, and one of the five hooligans of the United Nations is not joking.

The rogue states of North Korea and Vietnam, which are arguing with the United States, have actually given the Americans an opportunity to take advantage of the civil war, and if they really let these small countries invade their neighbors under the pressure of five big hooligans, they really do not have the ability and courage to do so.

People have the impression that a rogue state is the ability to suppress its own citizens under pressure, and when it is necessary to pee externally, it shrinks immediately after urinating.

Saddam's decision can be said to have made people around the world who care about current affairs understand what it means to be just ...... Belch...... Fierce man......

Troops were dispatched in the early morning of 2 August, and on 3 August, the US Congress began to discuss the Iraq-Kuwait War. In addition to condemning Iraq's aggression, the United Nations is urgently discussing countermeasures......

"Do you want to intervene?" This is the most realistic question facing all politicians.

No one is stupid, they all know the economic and strategic position of the Gulf region, and when there is no new energy source to replace oil, the every move of these oil-producing countries is in the spotlight.

The problem is that war is not child's play. The keyboard heroes and thinking war criminals who are not the Iron and Blood Forum touched their upper lipes and lower lips, "Fight!" "You can hit it.

In addition to killing people, war is about money.

When it comes to the US military alone, the slightest fire on the aircraft carrier is not nuclear fuel, in essence, it is the dollar that is burned. From the US military base in Diego Garcia, the closest to the Persian Gulf, to deploy aircraft carriers, the entire battle group will need hundreds of thousands of dollars to enter the bombing distance of the Persian Gulf.

This hasn't started yet...... Not counting the energy of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the fuel cost of individual frigates alone, as well as the fuel required for air patrols by carrier-based aircraft and AWACS aircraft, adds up to a huge expense.

If you really make a move, then the carrier-based aircraft group will fly and the missiles will be thrown......

Politicians and officials, who are adept at inciting and ordering others to shed blood, don't care about human life, but they care about reputation.

A lot of taxpayers' money was spent. As a result, helping a small country that is not vulnerable to fight will not be able to benefit in the end...... If this infamy is carried on its back, it will be difficult to clear it.

Why did Bush Sr. in Caesar's memory fail to be re-elected?

Because the United States spends hundreds of millions of dollars, so to speak, a huge amount of dollars, as a result, the United States and most American citizens do not get any benefits...... How is it possible for voters to support George H.W. Bush?

Originally, Bush Sr. was not good at economic policy, so he could not see the level of the aides he was looking for in the economic field.

In this context, the failure of a series of economic policies is inevitable. However, although a big victory in the Gulf made Bush Sr.'s approval rating exceed 90 percent for a time, it also made the Americans realize that behind the so-called big victory was actually a loss of money and a lot of money.

How would the average civilian know? How much did the oil and energy companies and the military-industrial complex under the big conglomerate Tong Guò get after this war?

The war could not be started lightly, but the necessary measures still had to be taken well, so a large number of US troops were deployed in Saudi Arabia in less than 24 hours.

The White House is really afraid that Saddam Hussein will play too smoothly, and his head will be hot-headed, and he will beat the rabbit and give Saudi Arabia a second time.

This is the consensus reached by the White House, Congress and Wall Street, 'Saudi Arabia must keep!' ’

Seventy-two hours passed. People continue to see news on television about the course of the Iraq-Kuwait war, the response of the United Nations, the reaction of the US Congress, and the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia.

The news on each TV station is basically the same, except for the news on the hour on Fox TV, which is very different.

In addition to the same news content, Fox TV has a 24-hour rolling subtitle at the bottom of all channels and programs.

"Blackwater, Operation Umbrella, and the Mystery Man will take you to witness the humanitarian crisis and the brutality of war."

The most puzzling reason is that the subtitle of this screen teaser on Fox TV was added before the start of the Iraq-Kuwait War, and the audience saw this subtitle about the war more than 30 hours in advance.

No one took it seriously at first. It's just a new TV series or variety show that is being advertised.

As a result, as soon as the Iraqi-Kuwaiti War began, the telephone lines of FOX TV stations became busy 24 hours a day.

All of a sudden, almost everyone was talking about Fox TV's mystery program. Including Fox's rival TV stations, they couldn't resist talking about this advertisement on Fox TV on current affairs commentary programs.

The name "Blackwater Global Defense" suddenly became the hottest business name, and it appeared in the headlines of major media for two days in a row.

Originally, there was also a host who ridiculed on the current affairs program, saying that Caesar was finally squeezed out of the headlines, and was instantly slapped in the face.

A guest suggested on the spot that the founder and owner of Blackwater Global Defense is Caesar? Plum......

The host's embarrassing appearance was called the best embarrassing face of the year by many Caesar fans.

Until 7 p.m. on August 5, the war record "War, War Never Changed." " shocked the broadcast.

The Fox TV news channel will broadcast the videotapes sent back by the Blackwater mercenaries on a rolling 24-hour basis starting at 7 p.m. on August 5.

In Judy? In Foster's plan, the tape was repeated until a new tape arrived, with only some news and commentary interspersed in between.

Thanks to Caesar's VCD popularized on Fox TV ahead of time, the tape was engraved into a disc, and even if it was played on a loop, it was not a big deal.

If the tape is played in a loop like this, there will be almost a picture problem due to the running magnet for 24 hours.

Because of the subtitle advertisement, the audience is mentally prepared for the content of the video before the documentary is played.

However, no one thought that when the war was shown to the onlookers in clear colors, the real cruelty was really not something that the onlookers could make up by their imagination.

No one would have imagined that Caesar and his party would be able to guess the timing of the Iraqi army's attack so accurately.

In the video, it is clear that the Iraqi armored units are the vanguard of the charge against the Kuwaiti border defense line, and they can also see the Kuwaiti border guards symbolically firing two shots under the direct impact of the tanks and then giving up resistance and fleeing.

The moving military jeep was lifted into the air by the tank's main gun, and the human body was torn to pieces by the penetrating force of the heavy machine gun, leaving a rain of blood on the audience's vision.

Although it was a night attack, the bright lights of the border line ensured that the cameras could capture footage that people would never have dared to imagine.

At this time, we don't want the post-millennium Internet explosion, when people can easily watch any hardcore video they want to watch, whether it is a single beheading or queuing up to shoot hostages by an extremist group, or a white teenager shooting a black youth indiscriminately, or the scene of a various terrorist attacks......

In short, after a long period of exposure to the repeated effects of these dark videos, people will become partially immune to real death scenes, and the mentally fragile can even affect their minds.

That's why Caesar repeatedly instructed him to play a minute's warning before the video played.

Unlike Hollywood movie discs, the one with the words FBI added before the broadcast is a copyright warning.

Caesar's warning reads: "People under the age of 20 and those with heart disease are not allowed to watch this video, and family members are requested to supervise each other or consciously abide by it, and if you ignore this warning and insist on watching, you will be responsible for the consequences." ”

This is not an alarmist headline party, it is indeed certain pictures that are enough to cause psychological and even physical discomfort to ordinary audiences. So much so that Caesar had to instruct the TV station staff to add mosaics to certain specific shots, otherwise he was afraid that he would be complained.

In any case, FOX TV captured the attention of the whole of the United States for a while, and according to the ratings statistics after the incident, FOX News reached an astonishing 20% of the ratings at 7:30 p.m. that night, and a terrifying 70% at 8 o'clock.

In 1990, the U.S. had a population of just over 240 million, very close to 250 million, and in round numbers, 70 percent of the ratings meant that 170 million people in the United States watched the Fox TV news channel at the same time......

Although even the most professional ratings survey company cannot achieve 100% accurate statistics, it still cannot hide that this is a figure that is impossible to achieve in the "Super Bowl final".

It is believed that this influence will spread further over time.

Because of what the Iraqi army did after the occupation of Kuwait, they have not yet sent it back.

After all, that was the time when Caesar saw the most testing of an army and even a country.

You must know that the era of obscurantism in which the Mongols slaughtered cities at every turn has passed, and the cost of reckless human life in modern Germany, Japan, and Soviet Russia, even if it takes several generations of efforts, may not be effective.

Saddam Hussein shouted slogans and kept saying that the purpose of invading Kuwait was to establish a great Arab co-prosperity sphere, but after the occupation of Kuwait, whether Saddam Hussein was sincere or foolish depended on what the Iraqi soldiers did.

The tape recording the qiē was on its way to FOX's headquarters. (To be continued.) )