Chapter 918: A War of Attrition to Fight Internal Forces
"President Reagan, this request is really embarrassing for me!" Fahd? Root? Abdul? King Aziz did not raise his eyelids, and in his white robe, he fiddled with the Damascus steel knife in his hand, which anyone could tell was of great value, and it was also inlaid with many precious stones, which made it even more dazzling. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Iran's defection has put great pressure on our country, if it weren't for Saudi Arabia, as the guardian of the two holy places, with the support of many countries, so that the Soviet Union would not dare to mess around, I don't know what it would be like now." As he spoke, King Aziz suddenly drew his knife and cut open the roast leg of lamb in front of him, and he was not a stupid person to become King Aziz.
The president of the United States and the general secretary of the Soviet Union have been performing internationally for more than a year, and he can also see that the United States has a slight advantage, but this advantage is not so great as to allow Saudi Arabia to join in rashly. Although the allies of the Soviet Union are not as intimidating as the imperialist countries of the United States, they are close at hand, and the allies of the Soviet Union are all taking the line of military power. Why should Saudi Arabia take risks in this case? What's the use of having money to spend?
"Does the king think that the fate of Nikolai's family will not befall Saudi Arabia?" President Reagan did not want to force the other side, but King Aziz must be reminded that the Soviet Union did not necessarily want money and the king's life. The timely mention of the Thai royal family's exile in the United States touched King Aziz greatly.
King Aziz was silent, the Soviet Union was, of course, the great enemy of Saudi Arabia, because of the attitude of the Soviet Union towards religion, because of the attitude of the Soviet Union towards the aristocracy of various countries, naturally, the upper class of no country liked the Soviet Union. Many of the rebels in the former pacifist countries were funded and supported by Saudi Arabia. In order to make these countries have no time to worry about anything else and not to make trouble with Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia has also signed treaties with the remaining Gulf countries, including Jordan, to protect itself.
But King Aziz could still feel the pressure coming from the Soviet Union. Before Reagan came to power, especially during the Iranian Revolution, Saudi Arabia had almost begun to consider whether to change its court, but considering the Soviet Union's solipsistic appearance and complete ideological inconsistency, this idea was still dispelled.
After Reagan came to power, Saudi Arabia just got a little respite, and South Yemen was pinned down by North Yemen behind it, so that Saudi Arabia got rid of the threat of being stabbed in the back, and in a sense, King Aziz must also thank President Reagan.
"Saudi Arabia's extraction cost is the lowest in the world, and the reverse oil shock weakens the strength of Iraq and Iran, while Saudi Arabia can grab more share, using its own money, in turn to support the anti-Soviet forces in these countries." President Reagan's face did not change his face, and if the other party did not agree, he would inevitably stage a show that his father was back, just like when he faced Japan......
"The Middle Eastern countries under the control of the Communist Party are no longer friends of Saudi Arabia, communism is our common enemy, and we in the United States should give up some immediate interests if we want to defeat communism on a wide scale all over the world." President Reagan was silent for a moment and threw a bombshell again, "In order to show sincerity, the United States is willing to let Saudi Arabia control part of its national debt assets, so that the United States and Saudi Arabia can be connected......
"I need to convince a lot of princes!" After a long time, King Aziz replied that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, but not exactly, and many important princes also have great rights.
Most of Saudi Arabia's land is desert and Gobi, which lacks development value. Once the oil runs out, today's local tyrant will quickly become impoverished. The Saudis, of course, know this. Therefore, it must take advantage of the current oil dividend support, seize the time to expand externally, and control Syria, Iraq and other adjacent relatively high-quality geopolitical plates, so as to ensure that Saudi Arabia can still survive and develop after the oil is exhausted. But the problem is that the few places in the Middle East that can develop are all pro-Soviet countries, not only pro-Soviet, but also have the idea of peeping at Saudi Arabia.
If Saudi Arabia wants to expand its influence, it will naturally form a conflict with the Soviet Union. Therefore, it is necessary for Saudi Arabia to seize every opportunity to weaken the Soviet Union to the greatest extent, even if it suffers some losses. Otherwise, once the Soviet Union focuses its main attention on the Middle East, will it be an opponent of the Soviet Union with the figure of Saudi Arabia?
The importance of oil is not known to any modern country, but the United States and the Soviet Union use different methods, the United States has the strongest financial system in the world, so the United States does not necessarily have to control the oil resources of the Middle East in its own hands, and even the power to price oil does not care so much. All the United States needs is to peg oil to the dollar, and then build its own financial hegemony based on the petrodollar.
The financial system of the Soviet Union is basically equal to nothing, so the method of using Middle Eastern oil is to personally go into battle and control the oil resources of Middle Eastern countries to balance the West. Saudi Arabia has a choice, and of course it will choose the United States.
If the Soviet Union won the right to set oil prices and dominate the oil market, the Soviet Union would take away it, but the United States could leave this right to Saudi Arabia, and with this right, Saudi Arabia could be said to be walking sideways in the world. Moreover, the U.S. has lucrative conditions that allow Saudi Arabia to own U.S. Treasury bonds and assets, and the U.S. economy seems to be very strong, at least in terms of momentum in the past two years. If you take into account the economy of the allies, it is even stronger.
Reagan left Saudi Arabia two days later with a smile on his face, the visit went almost unnoticed by anyone, and the visit of the US president to Saudi Arabia was not once or twice, and the visit to the allies was quite normal. Except for Serov, who had been staring at Reagan, no one thought it was a big deal, and it was not as eye-catching as the Soviet boom in the development of Siberia.
"Another one!" The general secretary, who was also playing with the Damascus steel knife, whistled easily, Reagan was right, the Soviet Union did not have the ability to expedition to Saudi Arabia, and the Russian Empire had, not that the Russian Empire was stronger than the Soviet Union, it was this modern society that saved the life of Saudi Arabia, and the Soviet Union could not repeat the way of conquest before the nineteenth century.
The Soviets themselves could defeat the Saudi government very quickly, but they would also encounter guerrilla warfare. Caught in the midst of endless attacks and counter-attacks, the Soviet Union will continue to lose blood until the war ends. The collision of two peoples and two cultures cannot be solved if it is not solved in the ancient way.
It is better to let Iraq, which is also an Arab country, solve such a challenging and difficult matter, because it is easier for Iraq to go into battle than for the Soviet Union itself, and people are at least of the same race. When the same people are fighting, they can do it better, and if there is a humanitarian crisis, the Soviet Union is not to blame. Reagan didn't care about the risks for the Saudis, and Serov didn't care about the life or death of the pro-Soviet countries in the Middle East. As long as it doesn't fall, it doesn't matter if the water quality is almost there.
"Within two years, the highway to Iran and northern Iraq must be opened to traffic." Serov said to the head of the Soviet Ministry of Public Transport that although these two highways would be more than usable, preparations for war were very necessary.
Iraq itself is unhappy with Kuwait's secession, and Iran is equally concerned with Bahrain. Saudi Arabia's actions are too big, and the probability of these two countries taking the fire is very high. Historically, Saddam Hussein was a little too inflated and invaded Kuwait without the support of the Soviet Union, but in fact, one of the prerequisites for the United States to send troops in the Gulf War was that the Soviet Union must not interfere with US actions. The stupid fork of Go's map actually agreed.
"On the international front, in Eastern Europe, in China, and eventually in the Soviet Union, to repel communism, and on the domestic front, to repel the big governments and big workers in economic life. Now, let's start with Nicaragua and take out the pro-Soviet government. "Reagan has reached a series of trade frictions and oil price problems, and in his opinion, the United States should reach its strongest.
"Okay, let's clean up Nicaragua first and cut off the hands of the USSR under our noses." CIA Director Casey nodded, he had been waiting for this day, the Soviet Union was too arrogant, and its power had reached Central America.
In February 1985, when Saudi Arabia announced an increase in oil production, world oil prices fluctuated, and after less than a year of stabilization, they began to decline again. Meanwhile, in the Central American country of Nicaragua, civil war has suddenly become intense, with rebels regularly crossing the border in jungle-strewn mountains, river valleys and seaside swamps to carry out subversive and sabotage attacks.
"Continue to increase investment, we have no shortage of weapons!" Serov said to General Chebrikov, who came to report, that in the face of the US offensive in Nicaragua, Serov did not hesitate to choose to follow up.
One ship after another, laden with munitions, departed from Soviet ports and arrived in Cuba, or directly to Nicaragua. This attitude of resolute support, which was reported by the media in the United States, further increased the hostility of Americans towards the Soviet Union. It was the first time since the British Empire that another country openly supported the anti-American countries in the Americas, so obviously undisguised......
Donations from the American people to Nicaraguan freedom fighters have once again reached a new high, expressing support for President Ronald Reagan. Nicaragua's civil war has attracted more and more attention from the world because of the increased investment of the United States and the Soviet Union.
The steady flow of Soviet-style and American-style weapons into this small Central American country, the two superpowers supporting one side to fight here, and the negative news about the armed forces of the other side appearing in the United States and the Soviet Union have further fueled this hostility.
The Nicaraguan government army, with the support of the Soviet Union and Cuba, has concentrated half of its forces to clear the rebels hiding in the forest, and the effect is very obvious, but the rebels are always quick to resurge. Serov made up his mind to engage in a tug-of-war with the United States here with Cuba.